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COVID-19 Pandemic Increased Life Expectancy Gap Between White and Black Americans
Researchers from the University of Washington looked at the data from death and census records to estimate life expectancy for Black, white and Hispanic Americans over a three-decade span from 1990 to 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic reversed a promising...
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Integrated Next-generation Surveillance in Global Health: Translation to Action (INSIGHT to Action)
This is a five-year project CDC-funded cooperative agreement to conduct a comprehensive assessment of public health surveillance systems, and facilitate the incorporation of next generation approaches including genomics, spatial mapping and modeling,...
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Cheap ‘morning-after’ pill could curb STD surge, CDC says
A cheap antibiotic could help slow the growing U.S. epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, researchers say. ...
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Reports: Health problems tied to global warming on the rise
Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday. “Rising temperatures are having consequences,” said University of Washington environmental health professor Kristie Ebi, a report co-author. ...
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Residents & Fellows
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Syphilis Vaccine to Protect against Local and Disseminated T. pallidum Infection.
This proposal unites the vaccine-related studies of several groups to provide a two-pronged approach to develop an effective syphilis vaccine that will protect form appearance of early lesions inhibit treponemal dissemination in the host, thus to...
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Lee L. Huntsman
Lee L. Huntsman, External Advisory Board Member, Department of Global Health, University of Washington ...
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Arianna Means shares why preventing childhood illnesses is imperative for global health
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UW Breaks Ground on New Population Health Building
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CDC recommends morning-after pill to fight STIs in gay, trans groups
Guidelines for using an antibiotic morning-after pill to curb sexually transmitted infections are on the horizon, as US health officials plan to endorse the proposed regulations. ...