India’s southern state of Kerala is currently facing an outbreak of the rare but potentially serious Nipah virus, with at least two deaths so far. Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The inhaled vaccine technology being developed at Yale cannot be sprayed from the sky in a “chemtrail,” as a social media post suggests. Inhaled vaccines require measured doses delivered directly into the nose. Experts agreed spraying a vaccine from airplanes is not feasible or ethical. Dr. Christopher Sanford, associate professor of global health and of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted.
Although changes in the Earth’s climate are already harming the health of millions of people in the United States and abroad, the federal government is spending little on research on how to address the health effects of climate change, a new study concludes.
Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of global health, of emergency medicine and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and older receive updated COVID shots from Pfizer and Moderna, clearing the way for Americans to start receiving the shots within days. Dr. Beth Bell, clinical professor of global health at the UW, is quoted.
"Anemia is a major health problem, with nearly 2 billion people affected globally. It afflicts more people worldwide than low back pain or diabetes – or even anxiety and depression combined," writes Nicholas Kassebaum, adjunct professor of global health and of health metric sciences at the UW.
Pakistan is the epicenter of a new global wave of disease and death linked to climate change, according to a Washington Post analysis of climate data, leading scientific studies, interviews with experts and reporting from some of the places bearing the brunt of Earth’s heating.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Heat is already the leading cause of death related to weather-related hazards in the U.S. Letting clinicians know when temperatures pose a particular threat to their patients could save lives.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Dueling policies over water breaks for laborers are caught in a court fight as federal officials probe more than 20 heat-related workplace deaths this year in the state of Texas.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and other climate disasters rocked the globe this summer as climate change worsens record-breaking extreme weather events.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The number of new HIV infections and deaths in most African countries has declined dramatically, made possible in large part by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. "People’s lives are at stake, and PEPFAR should be reauthorized and funded in its entirety and not picked apart on account of partisan political games", writes Stefan Wiktor, clinical professor of global health at the UW.