U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens
With three degrees Celsius of warming, U.S. deaths during extreme temperatures could reach 63,000 a year, researchers calculate.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Vidya Krishnan Presents: Plagues, Philanthropies and the End of Imagination
Countless years of compounded medical apartheid injustices can greatly set back or negate modern medicine’s medical advancements if swift changes are not enacted to recognize and rectify the numerous inequities.
DGH Proudly Welcomes 53 New Graduate Students Into Our Community
This fall, the Department of Global Health is proud to welcome 53 new graduate students into our community.
A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis
Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true. Sheila Lukehart, professor emeritus of global health and medicine at the UW, is quoted.
Dangerous heat waves expose India’s inequality, deadly risk for poor
A poor community in India lost power during a heat wave, unlike the luxury mall next door. What happened next exposed extreme heat’s unequal toll. Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of global health, of emergency medicine and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is referenced.
Five UW faculty members elected as AGU Fellows, plus more honors
The American Geophysical Union announced Sept. 13 that five University of Washington faculty members have been elected as new fellows, including Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences.