Seattle startup HDT Bio lands $1.8M U.S. Army grant to develop nasal spray against viruses

GeekWire

Seattle startup HDT Bio will develop a nasal spray designed to counteract a wide range of respiratory viruses with a nearly $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Army.

Michael Gale, Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Professor of Immunology in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted. Steven Reed, Affiliate Professor of Global Health and CEO of HDT Bio, is featured.

How to Recognize Heat Illness and Stay Cool during Extreme Weather

Scientific American

The ill effects of heat kill more people in the U.S. than those of any other weather phenomenon, according to the National Weather Service. And globally the growing number of longer-lasting and hotter heat waves because of climate change has left people more vulnerable to record-shattering highs.

Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.

'Living with COVID': Where the pandemic could go next

Reuters

As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of COVID-19.

Dr. Christopher Murray, Director of the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and Adjunct Professor of Global Health, is quoted.

Climate change: Will naming heatwaves save lives?

BBC News

Among the potential solutions that have been proposed to lower the number of fatalities in heat waves is the naming and categorizing of extreme heat events.

Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Cities respond to rising heat … with new hires

Marketplace

People around the world are dying from heat exposure. A few cities and towns — from Phoenix and Miami here in the U.S. to Athens, Greece — are responding by hiring “chief heat officers.” It’s a step to the future of local heat resilience as the climate continues to change.

Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the UW, is quoted.

We are not powerless against gun violence: Turn to civic action

The Seattle Times

"It is with a heavy heart that I ponder the media accounts of yet one more mass shooting in America. This one in Highland Park is different from Uvalde or Buffalo, however. I grew up on the North Shore of Chicago. It happened in the familiar," writes Helen Donnelly Goehring.

Research from Dr. Jürgen Unützer, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Global Health, is referenced.

Climate change is pushing hospitals to tipping point

Washington Post

When an unprecedented heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest last July, emergency rooms sought any way possible to lower the core body temperatures of patients coming in droves with heat-related ailments. Many emergency departments in the region began putting people in body bags filled with ice to help safely adjust their temperatures. But despite their lifesaving efforts, around 1,000 excess deaths occurred from the brutal heat. 

Kristie Ebi, Professor of Global Health and of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at UW, is quoted.

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