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New UW Center for Environmental Health Equity to launch with a $12 million grant from the US EPA
April 13, 2023 |View
Restricting antibiotics for livestock could limit spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in people
February 21, 2023 |View
Heat-related mortality risk is widespread across Washington state, study shows
September 26, 2022 |View
UW study strengthens evidence of link between air pollution and child brain development
July 14, 2022 |View
Studies show extent of strain to Washington’s food access and food production systems due to COVID-19
December 14, 2021 |View
Deforestation, climate change linked to more worker deaths and unsafe conditions
November 11, 2021 |View
UW joins USAID’s $125M project to detect emerging viruses with pandemic potential
October 5, 2021 |View
UW study provides rare window into work life of app-based drivers during pandemic
October 2, 2021 |View
Research, education hub on ‘coastal resiliency’ will focus on earthquakes, coastal erosion and climate change
September 7, 2021 |View
New interactive mapping tool can pinpoint pollution hotspots in effort to improve health equity
March 15, 2021 |View
In the news
Climate hazards are the Duwamish Valley's top concern, survey finds
June 2, 2023 | Crosscut | Featured: Nicole Errett View
Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
May 31, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
Extreme weather and energy insecurity can compound health risks
May 25, 2023 | Popular Science | Featured: Joan Casey View
Heat wave and blackout would send half of Phoenix to ER, study says
May 23, 2023 | New York Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
Ready for wildfire season? Here's how bad this year's season could be across the west
May 14, 2023 | KOMO News | Featured: DEOHS Postdoctoral Fellow Savannah D'Evelyn View
Power outages hit some communities harder and more often, study says
May 14, 2023 | Washington Post | Featured: Joan Casey View
Lengthy blackouts hit some areas harder than others
May 5, 2023 | Futurity | Featured: Joan Casey View
Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change
May 5, 2023 | Associated Press | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
Centering Indigenous knowledge in environmental justice
April 21, 2023 | ICT News | Featured: Edmund Y. W. Seto View
2021 heat wave contributed to over 150 deaths across Washington state, study finds
April 17, 2023 | KIRO-7 | Featured: Joan Casey View
New count of WA’s past heat wave deaths gives a ‘warning to the PNW’
April 17, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Joan Casey View
WA, Seattle launch campaign to plant thousands of urban trees
April 14, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
Two States Have Proposed Bans on Common Food Additives Linked to Health Concerns
April 13, 2023 | The New York Times | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana View