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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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UW Doctor Awarded Global Women's Health Fellowship
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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....
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Rebecca Villa
She/They rvilla2@uw.edu Year Entered: 2023 Hometown: El Monte, California Prior Degree and Institution: Grinnell College BA Biology and BA Anthropology; the University of Iowa MPH in Epidemiology ...
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Maria Fernanda McCavitt-Malvido
she/her/hers mfmm@uw.edu Year Entered: 2024 Hometown: Redwood City, CA Prior Degree and Institution: UC San Diego; BS in Microbiology
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Disaster experts say heat warning systems are falling short
As record-breaking heat scorches the West, some disaster experts say our warning system may not be enough. Many people aren’t getting alerted when heat can be deadly. ...