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Planting More Trees In Cities Could Slash Summer Heat Deaths, Study Finds
Planting more trees in cities could cut the number of people dying from high temperatures in summer, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday, a strategy that could help mitigate the effects of climate change as it...
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Call for Abstracts: “Global Health for Women, Children and Adolescents: Making a Difference Across the Lifespan”
Global WACh and the Program for Education and Research in Latin American (PERLA) are pleased to announce a call for abstracts regarding woman, child, and adolescent health research, service, training projects and programs. Select abstracts will be...
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UW Doctor Awarded Global Women's Health Fellowship
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Tuition and Funding
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Climate Change is Supercharging California Heat Waves, and the State isn’t Ready
“We have a real challenge in front of us in how to get people to understand,” said Kristie Ebi, a professor in the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the University of Washington. “Yes, you’ve been through heat waves before. But these heat...
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Q&A with Emily Nguyen
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Dengue fever spiked to record levels in 2024: Climate change will make it even worse
Dengue fever, a potentially fatal virus spread by mosquitoes, is sweeping across the Americas, breaking records with a skyrocketing rate of infections. ...
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Children 5 to 11 can now receive Pfizer vaccine after CDC director signs off
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off Tuesday evening on a recommendation that Pfizer-BioNTech’s lower-dose Covid vaccine be available to children 5 to 11. As a result, more than 28 million children are now able to...
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Same-Day PrEP Initiation and Sexual Health for Transgender Women
This randomized trial will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of same day initiation of Tenofovir Alafenamide PrEP, evaluate impact of drug-level feedback on PrEP adherence and characterize PrEP persistence among transgender women in Uganda....