Video: Harm reduction vending machines make Narcan more accessible without stigma

by Pingping Yin | May 19, 2023 | Featured, Health, Science + Technology, Topics

WASHINGTON — The opioid antidote Narcan is now available at six harm-reduction vending machines in neighborhoods across Washington D.C. Installed in April, the vending machines provide free Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and other harm-reduction materials. The vending...

UW-Madison geneticist among those honored with STEM statues in Smithsonian exhibit

by Julia Mueller | Apr 6, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — More than 100 life-size orange statues of women are scattered around the National Mall, clustered in the gardens at the Smithsonian Castle and tucked inside the Natural History and Air and Space museums. The women hold globes, notebooks, tools, brains —...

With COVID still out there, immunocompromised worry about life after mask mandates

by Courtney Degen | Mar 21, 2022 | Science + Technology

Dane County has joined a nationwide relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions, but the immunocompromised and their doctors worry the absence of guidelines puts those with vulnerable immune systems at increased risk. Dr. Jeannina Smith, medical director of the Transplant...

Access to psilocybin – psychedelic mushrooms – stalled, but doctors find evidence of clinical benefits

by Ariel Gans | Mar 21, 2022 | Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Erinn Baldeschwiler has been battling stage four metastatic breast cancer for two years. Two months after her diagnosis, the 50-year-old writer and patient advocate began immunotherapy. But in October, her cancer became treatment-resistant and she...

Security agency director urges governors to teach cybersecurity basics

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 31, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — As the nation’s governors consider how to spend funds from President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is encouraging investments in cybersecurity education for Americans of all...

Officials highlight Biden’s electric vehicle goals, importance of charger rollout

by Katherine Huggins | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Officials from the newly formed Joint Office of Energy and Transportation previewed their plans Thursday to accomplish President Joe Biden’s goal of establishing a national network of electric vehicle chargers. “This administration knows...