Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and other climate disasters rocked the globe this summer as climate change worsens record-breaking extreme weather events.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
The number of new HIV infections and deaths in most African countries has declined dramatically, made possible in large part by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. "People’s lives are at stake, and PEPFAR should be reauthorized and funded in its entirety and not picked apart on account of partisan political games", writes Stefan Wiktor, clinical professor of global health at the UW.
Many have interpreted Vivek Ramaswamy’s comment that the “climate change agenda is a hoax” as a flat statement that climate change is a hoax. No matter how you slice it, credible research has concluded that thousands of people a year die because of the effects of climate change.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Excess carbon dioxide does increase growth in some crops, but it also decreases their nutritional value and has other negative impacts on the planet, such as increasing droughts and fires through climate change.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
In the Puget Sound region, average monthly lows are rising in all summer months, with August continuing to see the highest lows. And, while minimum temperatures are up year-round, the summer months — July to September — have seen the sharpest increases.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
A study found that almost 94% of hurricane-related deaths were among people who lived in counties that ranked medium to high on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social vulnerability index.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Death rates skyrocket during extreme weather events among the most vulnerable Americans, especially those from minority groups.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Punishing heat is a fact of life inside America’s prisons without air conditioning, and it is taking a serious toll on prisoners’ mental health. When the outside thermometer hits 90 degrees Fahrenheit or more, a new study shows that prison suicide risk jumps 36%, in comparison to when temperatures are in the 60s.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U.S. each year because of high temperatures in an ever warming world.
Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.
As rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to skyrocket across the U.S., a growing number of physicians are prescribing a commonly used antibiotic as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections in gay and bisexual men and transgender women.
Connie Celum, professor of global health and of medicine at the UW, is quoted.