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Clarivate announces Highly Cited Researchers 2024
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2024 Report of the Lancet Countdown reveals record-breaking health threats of climate inaction
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New center helps ready Northwest communities for disasters and public health emergencies
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In the news

Four UW researchers named Fulbright Scholars
June 30, 2025 | UW News | Featured: Jamie Donatuto View

America’s coming smoke epidemic
June 27, 2025 | The Atlantic | Featured: Joan Casey View

How high humidity can affect your health—and when it gets dangerous
June 26, 2025 | Verywell Health | Featured: Tania M Busch Isaksen View

What to do in a power outage
June 24, 2025 | Time | Featured: Joan Casey View

7 Tips for managing extreme heat
June 24, 2025 | The New York Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

'Oppressive' heat triggers health warnings across US East, Midwest
June 23, 2025 | Reuters | Featured: Howard Frumkin View

Hotter nights, brought on by climate change, pose more health threats
June 17, 2025 | Scientific American | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Seattle nights are getting hotter
June 12, 2025 | The Seattle Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants
June 11, 2025 | AP | Featured: Howard Frumkin View

Is there anything wrong with your gut microbiome really?
June 6, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Michelle Averill View

UW 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 View

Trump cuts threaten safety training for America’s most dangerous jobs
June 1, 2025 | Reuters | Featured: Matthew C. Keifer View

Wildfire communication gaps persist for Spanish speakers in Washington. These groups are working to close them
May 30, 2025 | Northwest Public Broadcasting | Featured: Maria Blancas View

DOGE withdraws remaining $866 of UW researcher’s grant, reflecting contradictory mission of the EPA
May 28, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Elena Austin View

Trump administration halts National Climate Assessment, UW professor explains consequences
May 21, 2025 | The Daily | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View