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.

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.

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.

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.