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Will Cushman

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Will Cushman is an associate editor at WisContext.

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Illustration depicting a cellphone and coronavirus misinformation. (Courtesy: Philip Ashby / PBS Wisconsin)

Health

WisContext: COVID-19 Misinformation and the Paranoid Style in Wisconsin’s Pandemic Politics

How False Claims About Public Health Data Are Frustrating Efforts To Fight The Coronavirus

Friday October 23, 2020


novel coronavirus

Science

UW-Madison Virologists See Hope in a Potential Two-for-One Vaccine for Influenza, the Novel Coronavirus

Research currently underway at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could lead to a unique vaccine that provides protection against both the novel coronavirus and influenza, with human trials potentially on the horizon as early as fall 2020. The possibility of a vaccine that offers dual protection against two very different viruses ...

Thursday April 2, 2020


still graphic of curve chart

Health

WisContext: The Urgent Battle to Flatten Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Curve

Research currently underway at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could lead to a unique vaccine that provides protection against both the novel coronavirus and influenza, with human trials potentially on the horizon as early as fall 2020. The possibility of a vaccine that offers dual protection against two very different viruses ...

Friday March 20, 2020


SARS-CoV-2.

Health

Learn More About the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 and Wisconsin

10 Things to Know About the Outbreak and Public Health in the State

Wednesday March 18, 2020


Noon Wednesday: Wisconsin’s Right-To-Farm

Agriculture

Noon Wednesday: Wisconsin’s Right-To-Farm

Wisconsin has a law on its books making it difficult to bring nuisance lawsuits against farmers. But as farms expand in size, the conflicts amongst neighbors grow as well. We’re talking to Will Cushman from WisContext about Wisconsin’s “right-to-farm” laws and debates over how to regulate these growing farms.

Wednesday October 23, 2019


Statement to the Communities We Serve

There is no place for racism in our society. We must work together as a community to ensure we no longer teach, or tolerate it.  Read full statement here.