More than a third of Americans endure summers at least 1.5C hotter than the 1895 average, analysis shows. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted in this story on how high temperatures can more easily overwhelm people who don’t experience it often and who underestimate its impacts.
Professor Kristie Ebi of DGH and DEOHS is quoted in NPR on the importance of tracking heath related deaths.
A Washington Post analysis of a trove of meteorological records shows the extent of life-threatening heat across the globe. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its guidelines for post-exposure prophylaxis against bacterial sexually transmitted infections on Tuesday. For groups at higher risk of contracting syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, the agency now recommends taking doxycycline, an antibiotic, within 72 hours of having sex. Connie Celum, professor of global health, medicine, and epidemiology at the UW, is quoted.
The death certificates of more than 2,300 people who died in the United States last summer mention the effects of excessive heat, the highest number in 45 years of records, according to an Associated Press analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. With May already breaking heat records, 2024 could be even deadlier. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Heat seems to trigger a sweep of changes in immune system molecules, although researchers disagree on what they might mean.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The rate of emergency room visits caused by heat illness increased significantly last year in large swaths of the country compared with the previous five years, according to a study published on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The Olympics are planned for the same stretch of days as a catastrophic 2003 heat wave. Continued global warming has only increased the odds of another heat wave.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.