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Climate Change is Supercharging California Heat Waves, and the State isn’t Ready
“We have a real challenge in front of us in how to get people to understand,” said Kristie Ebi, a professor in the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington. “Yes, you’ve been through heat waves before. But these heat...
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Q&A with Emily Nguyen
Endowed Fellowship for Global Health Excellence, Equity and Impact ...
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Dengue fever spiked to record levels in 2024: Climate change will make it even worse
Dengue fever, a potentially fatal virus spread by mosquitoes, is sweeping across the Americas, breaking records with a skyrocketing rate of infections. ...
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Children 5 to 11 can now receive Pfizer vaccine after CDC director signs off
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off Tuesday evening on a recommendation that Pfizer-BioNTech’s lower-dose Covid vaccine be available to children 5 to 11. As a result, more than 28 million children are now able to...
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Same-Day PrEP Initiation and Sexual Health for Transgender Women
This randomized trial will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of same day initiation of Tenofovir Alafenamide PrEP, evaluate impact of drug-level feedback on PrEP adherence and characterize PrEP persistence among transgender women in Uganda....
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'Unprecedented outbreak' of bird flu reaches Puget Sound harbor seals
They might be fun to look at, but experts want you to keep your distance from harbor seals in the Puget Sound region. This warning comes after a worldwide outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza jumped to local harbor seals. ...
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Assessing the determinants of durable protective immunity in SARS-CoV-2 infected human subjects
While natural immunity from a primary infection stands as our only barrier against reinfection, to date no study has determined if a primary infection generates long-lived durable anti-SARS-CoV-2 adaptive immunity. To this end, our studies will examine...
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Q & A WITH Jaclyn Escudero
Research Assistant, University of Washington Department of Global Health ...