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Video: 2019 Stephen Gloyd Endowed Lecture with Stephen Lewis
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UW Today: UW Public Health, Dentistry No. 3 in Global Ranking; Dozens of Other Subjects in Top 50
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Baking Cities Advance "Slowly" in Race Against Rising Heat Threat (Reuters - Features Kristie Ebi)
With urban populations surging around the world, cities will struggle to keep residents safe from fast-growing heat risks turbo-charged by climate change, scientists and public health experts warned this week. ...
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King Holmes' Legacy Honored
Dr. King K. Holmes, chair of the UW Department of Global Health, won the prestigious 2013 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his work in sexually transmitted diseases, the Gairdner Foundation announced March 20. The award, valued at CAN$100,000 ...
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In America's prisons, suicide risk rises along with temperatures
Punishing heat is a fact of life inside America’s prisons without air conditioning, and it is taking a serious toll on prisoners’ mental health. When the outside thermometer hits 90 degrees Fahrenheit or more, a new study shows that prison suicide risk...
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Q&A with Erin Barnett
Research Assistant, Kenny Endowed Fellowship Recipient, UW Fellow for Academic Excellence, and UW Graduate School Top Scholar ...
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Tacoma woman with tuberculosis facing arrest for refusing treatment
A Tacoma woman with tuberculosis is facing arrest after her counter-arguments in court were unsuccessful. The court order says she can be released when she is no longer a threat to the community. ...
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NIH/NIAID Mucosal CTL Induction After HIV Exposure and Vaccination
The specific aims of the proposal are: 1) to identify viral and host factors associated with the induction and maintenance of mucosal CD8+ CTL in HIV-1 infected women; 2) investigate longitudinal CTL responses in HIV-1-infected persons at the clonal...
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Humanosphere: Visualizing cervical cancer: Leading killer of African women
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Q&A: Decline in condom use indicates need for further education, awareness
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