Milwaukee Journal SentinelPatients with severe or life-threatening COVID-19 have fared well so far in two clinical trials underway at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to preliminary results.The university also launched three new COVID-19 clinical trials and began considering offers to host another nine. Since the coronavirus clinical trials began, 80% of all UW Health patients with COVID-19 have been enrolled in one.More:More:In one trial already underway, UW researchers reported encouraging results from 31...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelPatients with severe or life-threatening COVID-19 have fared well so far in two clinical trials underway at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to preliminary results.The university also launched three new COVID-19 clinical trials and began considering offers to host another nine. Since the coronavirus clinical trials began, 80% of all UW Health patients with COVID-19 have been enrolled in one.More:More:In one trial already underway, UW researchers reported encouraging results from 31...WW…

Lansing State JournalView CommentsEAST LANSING — Michigan State University's senior vice president of research and innovation Stephen Hsu resigned his post effective July 1 following calls for his removal over controversial statements.MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. in a press release Friday announced Hsu's resignation from the position while confirming he will return as a tenured faculty member. The announcement comes after after statements he made about work by other researchers on intelligence and genetics and prior comments he made which the union members consider sexist and...…Lansing State JournalView CommentsEAST LANSING — Michigan State University's senior vice president of research and innovation Stephen Hsu resigned his post effective July 1 following calls for his removal over controversial statements.MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. in a press release Friday announced Hsu's resignation from the position while confirming he will return as a tenured faculty member. The announcement comes after after statements he made about work by other researchers on intelligence and genetics and prior comments he made which the union members consider sexist and...WW…

6:09 PM, Nov 17, 2020CONNEAUT, Ohio — Backyard birdwatchers better keep an eye on their bird feeders this month. Something unusual is happening with our feathered friends from the north. An unusual mass bird migration is occurring all across northern Ohio and surrounding states right now. Birds that spend most of their time in Canada have been forced to migrate farther south and farther outside of their range due to a shortage of food across parts of Canada. This sudden, unexpected increase in bird migration numbers is known as an "irruption."By the end of October, huge flocks of...…6:09 PM, Nov 17, 2020CONNEAUT, Ohio — Backyard birdwatchers better keep an eye on their bird feeders this month. Something unusual is happening with our feathered friends from the north. An unusual mass bird migration is occurring all across northern Ohio and surrounding states right now. Birds that spend most of their time in Canada have been forced to migrate farther south and farther outside of their range due to a shortage of food across parts of Canada. This sudden, unexpected increase in bird migration numbers is known as an "irruption."By the end of October, huge flocks of...WW…

Almost two months had passed since Chinese health officials first described a fast-moving new coronavirus that had jumped the species barrier from animals to humans. By the time President Donald Trump strode into the White House briefing room on the evening of Feb. 26, the virus had killed more than 2,700 people in China and forced the lockdown of 11 million residents in Wuhan. Infections in Italy were rising by an astonishing 40% a day.That night Trump assured Americans, “We’re very, very ready for this, for anything.”Then he held aloft co-produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for...…Almost two months had passed since Chinese health officials first described a fast-moving new coronavirus that had jumped the species barrier from animals to humans. By the time President Donald Trump strode into the White House briefing room on the evening of Feb. 26, the virus had killed more than 2,700 people in China and forced the lockdown of 11 million residents in Wuhan. Infections in Italy were rising by an astonishing 40% a day.That night Trump assured Americans, “We’re very, very ready for this, for anything.”Then he held aloft co-produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for...WW…

Lansing State Journal EAST LANSING — Michigan State University will invite students to return to campus this fall despite COVID-19 concerns though the university will also offer remote learning options and will end the in-person portion of courses by Thanksgiving.Students will be back on campus on Sept. 2, according to a letter MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. sent to students, faculty and staff Wednesday, but it won’t be business as usual.An MSU reopening taskforce is still considering options and recommendations to keep students safe, but a number...…Lansing State Journal EAST LANSING — Michigan State University will invite students to return to campus this fall despite COVID-19 concerns though the university will also offer remote learning options and will end the in-person portion of courses by Thanksgiving.Students will be back on campus on Sept. 2, according to a letter MSU President Samuel Stanley Jr. sent to students, faculty and staff Wednesday, but it won’t be business as usual.An MSU reopening taskforce is still considering options and recommendations to keep students safe, but a number...WW…