Study Finds Drug-Resistant Shigella Threatening Young Children Worldwide | The Seattle Medium

A new study from the Global WACh center finds that one in four children in low- and middle-income countries experiences severe Shigella-related diarrhea within early childhood.  Dr. Patricia Pavlinac, Associate Professor of Global Health, Director of Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children, and Director of Enterics for Global Health Shigella Surveillance Network, Global Health is quoted.

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The State of Healthcare in the U.S.

Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, associate teaching professor emeritus of global health and of health services at the UW, talks about the state of health care in the United States in this KCSB-FM snippet. 

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Climate change is harming people’s health worldwide, report finds

An international group of researchers has released its annual report on climate change and human health. Many of the risks they track, like extreme heat danger and the rise of infectious diseases, are moving in the wrong direction. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is interviewed.

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KPHD interim health officer supports water fluoridation at low levels

Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that protects teeth from tooth decay. Generally, all water contains some naturally occurring fluoride, but not enough to prevent tooth decay, which has led many communities to add additional fluoride to the water to combat tooth decay. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said he intends to push for removal of fluoride from the public water supplies across the country, calling it an “industrial waste.” Dr.

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