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Bird flu cases in people quietly tick up, with dozens reported across 6 states
Four new cases of avian influenza were detected in farmworkers in Washington state this week, the latest in a drumbeat of human infections cropping up across the U.S. as the virus continues to spread among farm animals. ...
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Robert A Gertler
Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health ...
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Prestigious Honor for UW Medicine Global Health Researcher
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UW President: New Budget Would Harm Nation's Health, Economy and Security
By Ana Mari Cauce ...
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‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe
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How does heat kill? It confuses your brain, shuts down your organs, and overworks your heart
As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW,...
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Discovery & Exploration of Emerging Pathogens - Viral Zoonoses (DEEP VZN)
This is a 5 year, USAID-funded cooperative agreement implemented by a consortium of partners including Washington State University (prime), UW, Washington University in St. Louis, PATH, and FHI360 to detect and characterize novel wildlife pathogens with...
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Links between cardiovascular disease, lung disease, and obstructive sleep apnea in HIV: Understanding complex patients
The purpose of this study is to provide new and timely knowledge about the increasing complexity of heart, lung, and sleep conditions among PWH including screening, risk factors, and complex interactions of conditions with each other and other syndemic...
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Guoyue Xu
She/Her gxu2@uw.edu Year Entered: 2021 Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Prior Degree and Institution: McGill University: BS in Microbiology and Immunology; McGill University: MS in Human Genetics ...
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Record heat waves illuminate plight of poorest Americans who suffer without air conditioning
As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures across the U.S. and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of...