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.
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.
"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.
Clapp, who was once honored by the Dalai Lama as an Unsung Hero of Compassion, founded several philanthropic organizations in Seattle and beyond, including Global Washington and the Initiative for Global Development. Together, he and Paula founded Global Partnerships and the Seattle International Foundation. He was the great-grandson of Matthew Norton, who co-founded the Seattle-based company Weyerhaeuser, and half brother to former Washington Gov. Booth Gardner.
Three people in King County were potentially exposed to hantavirus, but Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, professor of global health, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine and deputy director of the Center for One Health Research at the UW, says the local risk isn’t what worries him. His greater concern is that the world remains unprepared for the next pandemic.
Dr. Scott McClelland, a Seattle-based hiker and specialist in infectious diseases at UW Medicine, says backpackers’ risk of contracting hantavirus is extremely low. McClelland is a Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology.