News
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CDC Travel Warning: Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa
With the recent outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and South Sudan, University Health Services (UHS) is sharing an update on travel alerts. At this time, the risk of an Ebola outbreak in…
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Disrupting the Narrative Around Alcohol
We all play a role in creating an inclusive, healthy, and supportive campus environment. This includes the ways in which our words and actions contribute to harmful norms around alcohol on…
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Don’t face finals alone. Support one another.
No time brings stress and anxiety quite like exam season. With classes, projects, and deadlines piling up, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Having a strong support system and knowing how…
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Centering survivors through programming and space renovations
This April, UHS is centering student survivors through both community-focused programming and enhancements to our Survivor Services clinical spaces. Our Sexual Assault Awareness Month program, “Connect & Reflect” features a…
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Safe medication disposal—for the environment and our community
Earth Week takes place in April, which means you may be thinking of ways you can take small steps to reduce your personal impact on the environment. One significant action you can…
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End of Measles Exposure Window and Continued Communicable Disease Prevention Efforts
On Saturday, University Health Services (UHS) and Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) marked the end of the 21-day post-exposure monitoring period after the measles case on campus. During the three weeks of monitoring and response, we…
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Not sure whether to seek care? Try UHS’s new symptom checker tool.
University Health Services (UHS) introduced a new resource to help connect students to the right care at the right time. With the new online symptom checker tool, available 24/7 on…
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Public Health Measures to Protect our Campus Community
Protecting the health and safety of those we live, learn and work with is paramount at UW–Madison. With increasing reports of highly infectious diseases in the United States and on…
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Measles Vaccine Clinics for Students and Staff
Read this message in: Español / Spanish | Hmoob / Hmong | བོད་ཡིག / Tibetan | 中文 / Chinese | नेपाली / Nepali To our campus community: As we continue to work with public…
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Updates on the UW–Madison measles case
To the campus community, The University of Wisconsin–Madison is committed to the health of the campus community. Since we notified campus on Monday about a positive measles case in a…