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Top 10 stories of 2020Counting down our most-read blog posts this year, from pandemic response to wildfire smokeLearn More

New gift to create modern research and lab spaces at DEOHSOmenn-Darling 50th anniversary gift to DEOHS and the UW School of Public Health will transform environmental health researchLearn More

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Stories from the blog

Two lab workers in protective suits and face shields hold up samples of wastewater in plastic bottles.

Flushing out COVID-19

Using milk to extract the novel coronavirus from wastewater could help pinpoint new outbreaks

A hand holding a lit cigarette.

Cadmium exposure and COVID-19

New research finds high levels of cadmium from smoking and certain foods are linked to more severe flu, pneumonia—and potentially, COVID-19

Three people with face masks on stand in front of a fence with houses in background. Person in middle holds a clipboard and pen, person on right gives a peace sign and is wearing a t-shirt that reads "SERVE LOCAL."

Our most-read stories of 2020

From COVID-19 to wildfire smoke: counting down our top stories from Health & Safety Matters, the DEOHS blog

Foundry workers operating heavy machinery

Field trips get a pandemic makeover

A UW instructor reinvents his class, combining ingenuity with virtual reality to let his students experience site visits to industrial workplaces

DEOHS Newsroom

UW study finds that environmental inequities contribute to COVID-19 racial disparities

January 25, 2021 | UW Daily | Featured: Stephanie Farquhar View

Length of immunity after getting COVID-19 vaccine remains unclear

January 24, 2021 | KING-5 News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View

Why the US rejoining the Paris climate accord matters at home and abroad — 5 scholars explain

January 22, 2021 | The Conversation | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Experts share which masks are most effective against new COVID-19 strain

January 21, 2021 | New York Post | Featured: Martin A. Cohen View

A new investigation about who’s getting sick from heat-related illness should be a wake-up call for America

January 19, 2021 | Mother Jones | Featured: Howard Frumkin View

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