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Connie Celum Honored with Achievement Award
In recognition of her contributions to science, Dr. Connie Celum, UW professor of global health and medicine and adjunct professor of epidemiology, was selected for the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) Achievement Award. The...
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‘Silent killer’: experts warn of record US deaths from extreme heat
The punishing heatwaves that have scorched much of the U.S. could result in a record number of heat-related deaths this year, experts have warned, amid a spike in hospitalizations from collapsing workers. ...
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MPH student Keeley Ffrench on social prescribing to improve the health impacts caused by loneliness and isolation
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When Should I Take a COVID Test?
By now we all know the drill when it comes to at home rapid Covid tests. You swab, you swirl, drip a few drops and wait 15 min. ...
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The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Consortium
Many acutely ill children in low- and middle-income settings have a high risk of mortality both during and after hospitalisation despite guideline-based care. Understanding the biological mechanisms underpinning mortality may suggest optimal pathways to...
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UW Medicine’s Primary Care, Family and Rural Medicine Programs Lead National Rankings
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The Seattle Science that Led to FDA Approval of HIV-Prevention Drug
The FDA approved the first drug, known as Truvada, for preventing HIV in people at high risk of infection due to ‘discordance’ – science lingo for being HIV negative but having a sex partner who is HIV positive. Seattle scientists, as Tom Paulson ...
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Bobby Reiner
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Impact of COVID-19 on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Wellbeing
We use national and local data to examine the health, mental health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the NHPI population nationally and in WA State. Locally, we work with the Pacific Islander Community Association and the NHPI COVID-19...
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State-of-the-Art Laboratory Launched in Ethiopia
On June 16, the newly renovated, state-of-the-art laboratory at Debre-Berhan Referral Hospital was launched. It is the first referral hospital lab in the country that can accommodate high-standard, quality laboratory technologies and services which will...