DAVID WAHLBERG
A nonprofit started by the head of Promega Corp. to study psychedelic drugs for depression and other mental health conditions is getting its own headquarters in Fitchburg amid an expanding national profile for psychoactive medicine.
Psychologists discuss how to address depression and anxiety in the age of COVID-19.
The Usona Institute, formed by Promega CEO Bill Linton in 2014, is expected to move into a 93,000-square-foot facility on 17 acres adjacent to Promegaâs Fitchburg campus in 2024.
âThe practices and the therapy that weâre embodying here have really gone back for thousands of years,â Linton said Tuesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the $60 million project.
Dr. Jasmine Zapataâs mother and husband werenât sure they wanted to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but after talking with her about their concerns they got immunized in March.
Zapata, a UW Health pediatrician who is Black, is having similar conversations with patients, before church groups, at school forums and with friends and other family â pretty much anyone she knows who wants help making a decision.
Sometimes it takes multiple discussions, but Zapata said thatâs OK.
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âYes, there is urgency. Yes, we want everybody to get it right away,â said Zapata, who this week will become chief medical officer for community health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. âBut we need to also be patient and continue having conversations.â
Boys & Girls Club of Dane County launching week-long COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign next week
May 7, 2021 9:46 AM Logan Rude
MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is launching a week-long campaign to dispel misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and raise awareness about their effectiveness.
The week-long efforts start Monday, May 10 and will end Saturday, May 15 with a COVID-19 vaccination clinic hosted by the Boys & Girls Club.
““We will address the misinformation so that hesitant individuals have facts to fully inform their vaccination decision,” says Dr. Sarah Ghee, chief operating officer of BGCDC. “We all must take steps to increase our own awareness regarding the issue.”
Boys & Girls club hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend
April 28, 2021 11:00 AM Logan Rude
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File
FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York.
MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend to increase access to the vaccine within local communities.
The clinic will run Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Northport Community Learning Center located at 1740 Northport Dr. in Madison. The Boys & Girls Club is hosting the clinic with help from Fitchburg Family Pharmacy and the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy.