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Disease Control Priorities Project (Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting)
This is a research consortium that seeks develop new methods and tools for priority setting in health and builds on the Disease Control Priorities Network investment by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The current secretariat for the consortium is...
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Money 4 Drugz
A rap about Dr. Wes Van Voorhis' lab in the UW Department of Medicine, where they do research on drug development for infectious diseases.Van Voorhis is an Adjunct Prof. of Global Health and Microbiology.
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UW Alum and Faculty Member Named Minister of Health for Peru
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NPR: WHO Says Ebola Epidemic Is Over. What Have (And Haven't) We Learned?
By Karin Huster, MPH ('14) ...
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Carbon dioxide helps plants grow — that doesn't mean more of it is good for the planet
Excess carbon dioxide does increase growth in some crops, but it also decreases their nutritional value and has other negative impacts on the planet, such as increasing droughts and fires through climate change. ...
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Over 1.2 mln people died from drug-resistant infections in 2019 - study
More than 1.2 million people died in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics, higher than HIV/AIDS or malaria, according to a new report published on Thursday. ...
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New Fogarty Fellowship in Peru to Establish Center for Innovation in Global Health
The KUSKAYA project presented jointly by the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru and the University of Washington in Seattle, was one of five projects in 2013 that received funding from the Fogarty International Center to establish a...
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Seattle’s nights are hotter than ever. Climate change means more to come
In the Puget Sound region, average monthly lows are rising in all summer months, with August continuing to see the highest lows. And, while minimum temperatures are up year-round, the summer months — July to September — have seen the sharpest increases....
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Most COVID transmission is still asymptomatic
Some 60% of virus spread starts with those who have no symptoms. A cough or sneeze in the checkout line at the grocery store may elicit fear of COVID-19 , but that maskless person quietly sitting next to you on the subway could pose just as much of a...
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Cheap ‘morning-after’ pill could curb STD surge, CDC says
A cheap antibiotic could help slow the growing U.S. epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. ...