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Dead swan, goose found at Lake Tapps spark bird flu concerns
December 5, 2025 | KOMO | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewStudy finds workplace injuries increase significantly in the heat
October 8, 2025 | NPR | Featured: June T. Spector ViewNew study shows impact of One Health Clinic on young people experiencing homelessness with pets
September 17, 2025 | Trends | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz Vickie Ramirez ViewWhat we know about U.S. Steel plant’s safety record after deadly explosion
August 12, 2025 | The Washington Post | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewFederal cuts put Washington workplace safety research at risk
July 29, 2025 | Cascade PBS | Featured: Marissa Baker, Elena Austin ViewUW department of environmental & occupational health sciences prepares to lose NIOSH funding despite absence of formal notification
June 6, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson ViewDog data may help track ballooning cases of Valley fever in California
May 5, 2025 | The Mercury News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewWashingtonians are buying chickens to get around high egg prices. Is it worth it?
April 25, 2025 | KNKX | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewFive years later, the COVID pandemic is still with us
April 8, 2025 | KUOW | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View"Workers are going to die on the job": Agricultural research centers concerned by federal budget cuts
April 7, 2025 | KXLY | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson ViewNew research suggests bird flu can survive in some cheeses
March 21, 2025 | Well and Good | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz, Emily Hovis ViewFive years of COVID-19: How the pandemic altered the workforce
January 31, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewFor Northwest loggers, work is a source of pride — and danger
December 3, 2024 | KUOW | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewInside the Deadliest Job in America
November 22, 2024 | The New York Times | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewWith notable cases of bird flu in the Northwest, how concerned should Washingtonian's be?
November 20, 2024 | KUOW | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewCentral Oregon pig catches avian influenza
October 31, 2024 | KNDU TV | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewFranklin County poultry workers test positive for bird flu, state health officials investigating
October 24, 2024 | KING 5 News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewHow Climate Change Impact Is Changing Infectious Disease Patterns
October 23, 2024 | Infection Control Today | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewBird flu cases in people quietly tick up, with dozens reported across 6 states
October 22, 2024 | NBC News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewClinician Friendly Information Needed on Diseases Emerging Because of Climate Change
October 21, 2024 | Managed Healthcare Executive | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewIn praise of a wild and wonderful mentor
October 16, 2024 | Vineyard Gazette | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewHere’s how to tell if cleaning products are actually eco-friendly
April 17, 2024 | TODAY | Featured: Nancy Simcox ViewWhat to know about the risks of the bird flu outbreak
April 4, 2024 | NPR | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewProtecting workers from extreme heat through an energy-efficient workplace cooling transformation
April 3, 2024 | Federation of American Scientists | Featured: June T. Spector ViewPlanting Edmonds: Gardening and forest bathing — how immersion in nature can improve your health
February 1, 2024 | My Edmonds News | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson ViewNavigating the waves of stress: Empowering mental well-being in commercial fishermen
November 10, 2023 | National Fisherman | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewGovernment figures show more people getting sick or hurt at work
November 9, 2023 | Marketplace/NPR | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewBus driver workers' compensation claims skyrocket as exposure to drugs increases
October 30, 2023 | KING-5 | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewNew study brings home the danger of fentanyl for WA residents
October 26, 2023 | Crosscut | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewStrain of bird flu found in harbor seals in Puget Sound
October 10, 2023 | KXLY | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewStudy finds public transit workers exposed to fentanyl residue, meth smoke
September 26, 2023 | Safety + Health | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewWhat to know about Nipah virus amid outbreak in India
September 18, 2023 | ABC News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewUW researchers stress transit study did not find 'no risk' from drug exposure
September 14, 2023 | KOMO News | Featured: Marissa Baker View'It is not OK,' Seattle union leader responds to transit drug study
September 8, 2023 | KUOW | Featured: Marissa Baker, Christopher Zuidema ViewThere's meth on that: Study finds drug traces on Seattle transit rides
September 7, 2023 | KUOW | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewFentanyl, methamphetamine smoke lingers on buses, trains, study finds
September 7, 2023 | Scripps News | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewUW study finds meth, fentanyl in air and on surfaces of public transit
September 7, 2023 | FOX 13 Seattle | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewBus operators most likely to be impacted by fentanyl, meth levels on transit, UW study finds
September 7, 2023 | KING 5 | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewDrug smoke wafts through transit but not at toxic levels, UW study says
September 7, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewEverett library’s sensors to detect drug use are constantly buzzing
July 20, 2023 | Everett Herald | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewWashington legal pot farms get back to work after pesticide concerns halted operations
July 15, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson ViewSeattle becomes first U.S. city to permanently require sick leave for delivery and app-based workers
March 28, 2023 | GeekWire | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewUW researchers studying effects of drug use on air quality on board King County transit
March 28, 2023 | KING 5 News | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewSeattle buses, trains to get detectors to study how fentanyl smoke moves
March 28, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewThey handled nuclear missiles. Now they’re getting cancer.
February 3, 2023 | Washington Post | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewIs climate change coming for Thanksgiving turkeys?
November 23, 2022 | Boston Globe | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewClean SHiFT team wins 2022 EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year award
November 1, 2022 | UW EarthLab | Featured: Nancy Simcox ViewBivalent booster protects against omicron mutations ahead of winter
October 31, 2022 | KIRO News Radio | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewAmazon drivers are at risk of dog attacks. They're looking for answers
October 31, 2022 | CNET | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewHow to keep from getting sick at work as offices drop COVID safety measures
September 16, 2022 | Fortune | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewAmazon deaths under investigation as warehouse conditions draw scrutiny
September 2, 2022 | CNET | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewUW Medicine study to screen pets of people diagnosed with monkeypox
August 24, 2022 | KIRO-7 News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewAs temperatures rise, industries fight heat safeguards for workers
August 9, 2022 | Washington Post | Featured: June T. Spector ViewPesticide exposure and children
August 2, 2022 | International Society of Exposure Science | Featured: Nancy Simcox, Richard A. Fenske ViewWebinar explores sailors’ mental health during COVID, how pollutants can affect the microbiome
June 1, 2022 | Environmental Factor | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewMonkeypox confirmed in King County, but this isn't like Covid-19
May 27, 2022 | KUOW | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewClearing the air is key to battling COVID; King County offers free filters, but more aid is needed
May 1, 2022 | Seattle Times | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewYes, wearing a mask can help protect you from getting COVID-19, even if others aren’t wearing them
April 21, 2022 | KING-5 News | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewHow to prolong the life of your N95 and KN95 masks
February 21, 2022 | Seattle Times | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewChina’s ‘closed loop’ Olympics limited coronavirus, even with some head-scratching measures
February 19, 2022 | Los Angeles Times | Featured: Marissa Baker View'We need to get people back into the office': Public officials take up Microsoft's push to reopen workplaces
February 18, 2022 | Puget Sound Business Journal | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewA WA company sells masks with air holes. Health experts say they offer 'limited to no' benefit
February 14, 2022 | KNKX | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewAs workers consider their options, local employers need to consider how to retain and attract employees
February 5, 2022 | Everett Herald | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewNew COVID-19 omicron subvariant BA.2 cases found in Washington state
January 24, 2022 | KING-5 News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewPets can be valuable sentinels of environmental exposures
January 3, 2022 | NIEHS Environmental Factor | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewGetting access to Covid tests remains a problem, academic says
December 22, 2021 | CNBC | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewUW to participate in $125M emerging virus research project
November 29, 2021 | UW Daily | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewState health department sets workplace COVID vaccine rules. There’s a lot of leeway
November 22, 2021 | Miami Herald | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewTropical deforestation could boost risk of heat-related deaths
November 18, 2021 | Futurity | Featured: June T. Spector ViewHow will surgeon general who dislikes masks, vaccines craft Florida’s rules for both?
November 16, 2021 | Miami Herald | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewApp-based drivers report COVID-19 stress and isolation
October 4, 2021 | Futurity | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewPublic health officials urge lower lead limits
September 29, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times | Featured: Nancy Simcox ViewPublic health officials urge lower lead limits
September 29, 2021 | Tampa Bay Times | Featured: Nancy Simcox ViewOSHA exposed to culture wars backlash through vaccine mandate
September 21, 2021 | Bloomberg Law | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewHow extreme heat hits our most vulnerable communities the hardest
September 14, 2021 | CNN | Featured: June T. Spector ViewFeeling the heat: CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. June Spector on how we can take better care of our health during extreme heat.
September 14, 2021 | CNN Audio | Featured: June T. Spector ViewShould You Ask Your Hairdresser if They’ve Had a COVID-19 Vaccine?
September 1, 2021 | Everyday Health | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewDeer in 4 states have been exposed to the coronavirus, USDA study shows. What does that mean for humans?
August 18, 2021 | USA Today | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz ViewWorkers Are Dying Of Heat Outdoors Without Standards To Protect Them
August 17, 2021 | NPR | Featured: June T. Spector ViewWashington State Adds Emergency Rules to Protect Workers from Heat and Wildfire Smoke
August 13, 2021 | Natural Resources Defense Council | Featured: June T. Spector ViewWashington State adds emergency rules to protect workers from heat and wildfire smoke
August 13, 2021 | National Resources Defense Council | Featured: June T. Spector ViewAre vaccine mandates legal in Washington state?
August 4, 2021 | KOMO News | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewHow to stay safe from COVID-19 when you’re back in the office
July 7, 2021 | Everyday Health | Featured: Marissa Baker ViewStudy explores potential cannabis related health concerns to protect industry workers
July 2, 2021 | Spokesman-Review | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson View