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Christopher Sanford
September 15, 2023 | Health News

Fact check: Vaccines can't be sprayed in 'chemtrails,' scientists say

USA Today

The inhaled vaccine technology being developed at Yale cannot be sprayed from the sky in a “chemtrail,” as a social media post suggests. Inhaled vaccines require measured doses delivered directly into the nose. Experts agreed spraying a vaccine from airplanes is not feasible or ethical. Dr. Christopher Sanford, associate professor of global health and of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted.

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Infectious Disease Christopher Sanford
September 14, 2016 | Health News

Popular Science: Why We Always Get Sick While Traveling -- and How to Prevent it

By Chelsea Harvey

Last weekend, bystanders watched as Hillary Clinton unsteadily left a Sept. 11 memorial service in New York City, stumbling as aides helped her into her waiting vehicle. Shortly thereafter, Clinton’s physician released a statement explaining that the Democratic presidential nominee had recently been diagnosed with pneumonia.

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Zika Virus University of Washington Simon Hay Darrick Carter Keith Jerome Paul Yager Steve Polyak Romel Mackelprang Jairam Lingappa Ruanne Barnabas Christopher Sanford Michael Gale
May 20, 2016 | Department News

What We're Doing to Combat the Zika Virus

More than 2.7 billion people live in areas where the Zika Virus may soon spread, with potentially devastating effects for infants born in those areas. In response, faculty from across the University of Washington are working to stop the spread and effects of the Zika virus using a variety of approaches and disciplines. Here are some examples of their work, some of which is funded and some of which has not yet been funded.