The Washington State Climate Office predicts warmer-than-normal temperatures will continue into the fall and experts said there is a lot state leaders can do to help residents find relief and save lives. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Epidemiologists said the country’s slow, sometimes haphazard approach to assessing heat mortality makes that a dramatic undercount. Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health, is quoted.
Nippon Dynawave appeared to tout a culture of safety leading up to the May 26 chemical tank collapse, where 11 people died. Marissa Baker, associate professor and Eddie Kasner, associate teaching professor, both of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, are quoted.
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high temperatures; next week, they'll chronicle the human toll. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Another week of blistering heat will bring even more health risks in the coming days, as overnight temperatures won’t provide much relief. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
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Since it was announced the 2026 FIFA World Cup would take place in North America during summer — one made even hotter by climate change — the potential impact of heat on the tournament has been a concern. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
On Friday, June 12, family, friends, and colleagues gathered together at Kane Hall to celebrate the graduation of 51 UW Department of Global Health (DGH) students from over 15 countries.
"I want to take a moment to discuss an issue that has become increasingly urgent in the public health community: unpermitted food vendors," writes Dr. Herbie Duber, professor of emergency medicine, of global health and of health metric sciences in the UW School of Medicine.
For more than a decade, the US dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.