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How we can better protect all residents during WA’s next heat wave
"Two years ago, an unprecedented heat event slammed the Pacific Northwest, setting 128 all-time high temperature records and killing 441 people between June 27 and July 3. It overwhelmed our medical systems and caused untold suffering, particularly for...
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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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UW Breaks Ground on New Population Health Building
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Syphilis Vaccine to Protect against Local and Disseminated T. pallidum Infection.
This proposal unites the vaccine-related studies of several groups to provide a two-pronged approach to develop an effective syphilis vaccine that will protect form appearance of early lesions inhibit treponemal dissemination in the host, thus to...
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UW/FHCRC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) International Core Announces International Pilot Awards
The UW/FHCRC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) International Core is delighted to announce this year’s International Pilot Awards. The proposals were recently reviewed by a committee, which included seven internal and external reviewers from three...
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Integrated Next-generation Surveillance in Global Health: Translation to Action (INSIGHT to Action)
This is a five-year project CDC-funded cooperative agreement to conduct a comprehensive assessment of public health surveillance systems, and facilitate the incorporation of next generation approaches including genomics, spatial mapping and modeling,...
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UW Obstetrician to Study COVID-19 Impacts on Pregnancy (UW Medicine - Quotes Kristina Adams Waldorf)
https://globalhealth.washington.edu/news/2020/03/26/uw-obstetrician-study-covid-19-impacts-pregnancyWhile pregnant women are included in those thought to be at high risk for COVID-19, not much is actually known yet about the virus' potential impacts on pregnancy. ...
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Residents & Fellows
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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...