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What to know about Nipah virus amid outbreak in India
India’s southern state of Kerala is currently facing an outbreak of the rare but potentially serious Nipah virus, with at least two deaths so far. Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at...
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Global Infectious Diseases and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Research Training in Kenya
This training grant is designed to strengthen the capacity of Aga Khan University (AKU) in East Africa to conduct infectious disease research by providing advanced degree training to AKU Infectious Diseases fellows and building sustainable research...
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UW School of Medicine Ranked Fifth in AIDS (U.S. News & World Report)
According to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.S.News & World Report. the UW School of Medicine was ranked first in the academic specialties of family medicine and rural medicine. It also ranked fifth in AIDS, ...
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Oregon to cover health-related climate expenses
Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover climate change expenses for certain low-income patients under its Medicaid program, as the normally temperate Pacific Northwest region sees longer heat waves and more intense wildfires. ...
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2023 to be the hottest year ever recorded, scientists say
Climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have found there’s a more than 99% chance that 2023 will have the hottest recorded global average temperature, beating out 2016, the previous leader. ...
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Q&A with Alana Lopez
Fellowship Recipient, University of Washington Department of Global Health ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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When temps rise, so do medical risks — should doctors bring it up more?
An 80-plus-degree day is not sizzling by Phoenix standards. It wasn’t even high enough to trigger an official heat warning for the wider public. But research has shown that those temperatures, coming so early in June, would drive up the number of heat...
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Single-dose HPV vaccine highly effective, researchers say
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Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths
Professor Kristie Ebi of DGH and DEOHS is quoted in NPR on the importance of tracking heath related deaths. Tags: Kristie Ebi