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U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens
With three degrees Celsius of warming, U.S. deaths during extreme temperatures could reach 63,000 a year, researchers calculate. ...
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How to Boost Your Immune System During Cold and Flu Season
As the days shorten and people trade their tank tops and shorts for sweaters and tights, the turn of autumn signals another new beginning: the start of flu and cold season, and COVID winter number 3. ...
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Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. Why are fatalities so hard to track?
As summer begins in the United States, some local officials and health experts are sounding the alarm about the dangers of extreme heat, whose effects can be deadly but hard to trace. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and...
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Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says
New research warns that nearly 800,000 residents would need emergency medical care for heat stroke and other illnesses in an extended power failure. Other cities are also at risk. ...
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Eteni Longondo (MPH, 2005) Named Head of Ministry of Public Health in DRC
Dr. Eteni Longondo (MPH, 2005) has been appointed head of the Ministry of Public Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). After studying medicine at the University of Kinshasa in his native DRC, Longondo received a Master of Public Health from...
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Lancet report goal: Halve premature mortality by 2050
A report published this month in The Lancet focuses on a global concern: premature death. It argues, optimistically, that countries can cut their populations’ risk of premature death in half by 2050, if they choose. A UW Medicine coauthor gives context...
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Pathobiology and Pathway Student News
* Pathobiology PhD: The Pathobiology program welcomed five incoming students this autumn. They came from Michigan, Seattle and even Nairobi. Their backgrounds range from studying in an interdisciplinary program at Evergreen to obtaining a...
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Funding for Fieldwork for Students & Trainees: Deadline Extended To March 30
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COVID-19 reinfections on the rise as officials call for a new booster
The Washington State Department of Health has released a new report showing that COVID-19 reinfection rates are rising as the new BA.5 strain becomes the most infectious yet. ...
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Global Health Students in Spotlight
Both Humanosphere and the School of Public Health have great stories on global health students. The School of Public health higlighted some of the Thomas Francis Jr. Global Health Fellows who work across the globe in different disciplines. Projects...