FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON — Rates of death, intubation, and admission to intensive care improved markedly during the first 20 months of the pandemic among adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a nationwide study led by the University of Wisconsin. Gains varied by subpopulation, according to the paper published in PLOS ONE. These data provide …
Dr. Michael Fiore will step down as UW-CTRI Director July 1, 2023 but will continue working as a lead scientist on key grants and mentoring young investigators. Fiore co-founded UW-CTRI in 1992 with Associate Director Dr. Tim Baker and has been the director ever since. “It has been a great 30 years,” Fiore said, “and …
A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research examined “dual users”—people who both smoke traditional cigarettes and vape e-cigarettes—and found that people who predominantly vape were vaping instead of smoking, a process called “substitution,” and that this substitution might be sustainable long term, a way to help people wean off smoking traditional cigarettes. “This …