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The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for
The Washington Post analyzed the risks of a prolonged, citywide blackout coinciding with a more severe heat wave. Experts warn this type of catastrophe — a combined power outage with a heat wave — is a scenario that cities and states are unprepared for....
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A cough away from clarity — UW researchers are developing new app to differentiate respiratory disease
UW Medicine doctors and University of Washington engineers are on a mission to provide answers by developing a smartphone app designed to distinguish COVID-19 coughs, for instance, from other respiratory illnesses. Dr. Thomas Hawn, adjunct professor of...
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Kris Ebi Presents at WHO Conference on Health and Climate
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Defining the protective efficacy of antibodies against the EBV gH/gL glycoprotein complex
Uses various animal models to evaluate the ability of neutralizing antibodies to protect against EBV infection. ...
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2020 MLK Award Winner Inspires Students of Color to be Brave, Challenges all to be Better
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New York Times: Life Expectancy Falls by 5 Years for Syrian Men, New Analysis Finds
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Mask Mandates Are Returning to Schools as COVID-19 Cases Surge
On April 11, public schools in Providence, R.I, made face masks optional instead of mandatory for students and teachers—celebrating the move as a “positive milestone” brought about by declining COVID-19 cases among students and community support for a...
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Global Health Minor Lands Job at Seattle BioMed
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Tumor-specific autoantibodies for SCLC early detection
This project proposes to leverage molecular features unique to SCLC, such as the development of autoantibodies, to validate a plasma biomarker panel capable of SCLC early detection to allow for early initiation of potentially curative chemotherapy. NIH...
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MedPage Today: LEEP Rather Than Freeze to Prevent Cervical Cancer
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) took place in Seattle in mid-February, a forum for researchers and advocates to discuss the basic science and clinical discoveries of human retroviruses and associated diseases. ...