The origins of syphilis — a sexually transmitted infection that devastated 15th century Europe and is still prevalent today — have remained murky, difficult to study and the subject of some debate.
Sheila Lukehart, professor emeritus of global health and medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted.
Ancient DNA recovered from Brazilian remains shows that treponemal diseases originated some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Sheila Lukehart, professor emeritus of global health and medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted.
Chris Longenecker, associate professor of global health and director of the Global Cardiovascular Health Program (GCHP), is quoted.
On Nov. 14, the Biden Administration released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA) detailing how climate change is affecting the United States and how institutions and communities are responding. The report, mandated every four years, is written by researchers and federal agencies to condense the most recent climate data and break the effects down by 10 regions.
Climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have found there’s a more than 99% chance that 2023 will have the hottest recorded global average temperature, beating out 2016, the previous leader.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The colors of lines on COVID tests can show whether you’re getting healthy or staying sick—if they’re interpreted the right way. It's important to remember that these assays were not developed to be quantitative, meaning they can’t officially tell you how much virus is in the sample.
Paul Drain, associate professor of global health and of epidemiology, is quoted.
The year 2022 set a grim record — 1,989 attacks on health-care facilities and their personnel, the worst total number in the decade since the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition began its sobering count. This year is on track to be even more devastating for the toll on health care. In many of the world’s ongoing conflicts — such as Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and now between Israel and Hamas — health care has been a target.
Amy Hagopian, professor emeritus of global health at the UW, is quoted.
The health inequalities between different ethnicities, neighborhoods and social classes are already stark, with millions of women in the most deprived areas in England dying almost eight years earlier than those from wealthier areas.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Women in a growing number of African countries will soon have access to a vaginal ring to help reduce their risk of acquiring HIV from an infected partner.
Dr. Connie Celum, professor of global health and of medicine at the UW, is quoted.
Health Day at COP28 included dozens of health-focused events that took place in an official health pavilion, as well as in other pavilions and tents across the conference.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.