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.
Increasingly intensive and frequent wildfires in the western U.S. are deteriorating air quality and causing more premature deaths, a new study found.
Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of global health, of emergency medicine and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The health toll of climate change will come under the spotlight at this year’s international climate negotiations in Dubai, known as COP28, where for the first time the meeting will feature prominent conversations about exactly how a warming planet hurts people.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Concertgoers waited for hours in temperatures that reached a heat index of 138 degrees to see Taylor Swift’s first show of the year in Brazil. Many of them were anticipating the concert experience of their dreams: Swift’s Eras Tour had finally come to their country after crashing ticket servers in the U.S. and inspiring its own movie. They didn’t expect to leave feeling like they survived a nightmare.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
As temperatures drop in the Big Apple, a new heat wave has begun — in the subways. As usual during cold weather, overzealous heating in subway stations and train cars saw temperatures rise and riders bundled up in winter clothes sweating their Uggs off.
Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of global health, of emergency medicine and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.