August 04, 2016 | Health News
Huffington Post: The Mortality Games: U.S. is Disqualified in Trials for Health Olympics
By Faculty members Mary Anne Mercer and Stephen Bezruchka
August 04, 2016 | Health News
Business Insider: Zika is Starting to Spread on the US Mainland -- Here's How Bad Experts Say it Could Get
Rebecca Harrington, Tech Insider
Zika virus has finally made its way to the US mainland, and the virus is now spreading locally in Miami. That means people are getting the virus from American mosquitoes, not just ones that have bitten them while they're abroad.
August 01, 2016 | Health News
NewsBeat: Malaria, Cancer Drug Prospects Emerge from Open-source Test
By Bobbi Nodell
In what is being called the first-ever test of open-source drug-discovery, researchers from around the world have successfully identified compounds to pursue in treating and preventing parasite-borne illnesses such as malaria as well as cancer.
July 20, 2016 | Health News
CNN: HIV Cases Rise in 74 Countries in Last Decade
By Meera Senthilingam
Durban (CNN) --- Over the past decade, the rate of new HIV infections has increased in 74 countries, according to a new study presented Tuesday at the 21st International AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa.
July 20, 2016 | Health News
Scientific American: Bill Gates Views Good Data as Key to Global Health
In an interview with Scientific American the philanthropist talks about the statistics that inspire him most including the work of Professor Christopher Murray and his leadership of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
July 18, 2016 | Health News
Attn: The Truth about Having a Safe Mixed HIV Status Relationship
By Lucy Tiven
On Tuesday, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV transmission in mixed status couples — couples where one partner is HIV positive.
July 12, 2016 | Health News
U.S. News & World Report: How Safe Is Condomless Sex When Partner With HIV Takes Meds?
By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, July 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- HIV transmission is highly unlikely among straight couples who have sex without condoms when one partner carries the virus but takes medication, new research suggests.
For gay couples in the same scenario, the risk seems to be only slightly higher.
July 11, 2016 | Health News
The Atlantic: How a Hotline Helped Control Dengue Outbreaks
A team of Pakistani scientists created a phone service that could accurately point health workers to areas where the disease was emerging.
By Ed Yong
July 07, 2016 | Health News
BBC: Viral Hepatitis 'Kills as Many as AIDS or TB'
By Smitha Mundasad
The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their complications led to 1.45m deaths in 2013 - despite the existence of vaccines and treatments.
World Health Organization data shows there were 1.2m AIDS-related deaths in 2014, while TB led to 1.5m deaths.
The WHO has put forward a global strategy to tackle hepatitis.
'Startling findings'
Researchers say these plans must be put into action urgently to tackle the crisis.
June 21, 2016 | Health News
Seattle Times: UW Students Head to Nepal for Hands-on Learning
By Erica Pandey
For the first time in recent history, 10 University of Washington students will go to class about 7,000 miles from campus this August, in Nepal.
For 3½ weeks, they will participate in a seminar organized by the Nepal Studies Initiative (NSI), one of the few formal programs in the U.S. that focus on that country.