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A worker performs anti-mosquito fogging. The worker is in shadow on a dark street with billows of smoke rising up in the air.

Warming climate drives surge in dengue fever cases

Dengue incidence could rise 76% by 2050 in parts of the world, according to new study by DEOHS faculty member Marissa Childs and colleagues

| Alden Woods

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A young woman wearing a lab coat and safety goggles stands in a University of Washington laboratory.

On the job | Scyler Li

Promoting safe laboratory practices at the UW

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A woman kneels on a grassy lawn next to health department signage.

On the job | Suhani Patel

Protecting community health through pool inspections and mosquito control

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A young man with a hardhat looks into the camera.

On the job | Zakary Reimann

Using video technology to document chemical exposures

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A young woman sits at a computer work station.

On the job | Jennifer Kim

Protecting worker health and safety through workplace inspections

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Black and white image of five loggers and a boy in Western Washington, W. T. The men are standing with axes in hand appearing to have just cut down a tree. The boy sits on the stump.

A Labor Day reflection

A look back at the workplace tragedies that shaped today's health and safety laws from our partners at WA Labor & Industries

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Woman smiling at camera.

On the job | Mariah Dittmore

Enjoying the fast pace at a global engineering and design company

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