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coronavirus COVID-19 In The Media Video
April 28, 2020 | Health News

Coronavirus: Our Experts in the News

The following links are a collection of news stories about the coronavirus that either quote, include, or were written by Department of Global Health faculty and staff. This includes video interviews with local and national media outlets, as well as written stories detailing DGH's research and innovation in fighting COVID-19. 

Also see UW School of Public Health's web pages on Coronavirus Response, Resources and News

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Cuba Video Health Systems
November 17, 2016 | Department News

Medical Historian from Cuba Visits UW (Video)

In the decades since the success of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, that small island has gained a global reputation for its pioneering health system. Although Cuba’s GDP is only a fraction of that of the U.S., the island has a lower infant mortality rate and has among the highest life expectancies and doctor-patient ratios in the world. What factors account for the success of medicine and public health in Cuba?

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One Health Peter Rabinowitz Environmental Health Video
September 18, 2015 | Health News

The Washington Post: Washington’s wildfires gave this sea otter asthma. Now she’s learning to use an inhaler.

By Sarah Kaplan

One-year-old Mishka has spent nearly all her life in the water. But fires burning miles away are threatening her health.

The young sea otter, a resident of the Seattle Aquarium, was diagnosed with asthma after inhaling smoke from this summer’s vicious wildfires, according to the aquarium.