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How cuts to climate research could impact community health

Understanding climate change’s impact on health is critical to keeping communities safe, says DEOHS faculty member Joan Casey

| Kate Stringer

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Relocating for climate change

Managed retreat due to rising seas is a public health issue, says new study by UW DEOHS researchers

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Our future in the balance

New UN report warns the deteriorating condition of the global environment imperils health unless we act now  

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Close encounters

DEOHS professor studies how MRSA infection can be transmitted between humans and animals

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A global partnership for child health

DEOHS collaborates on a new project to study the cognitive impact of environmental toxicants on Kenyan children

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Air pollution and autism

New DEOHS study shows how exposure to air pollution early in life may lead to autism

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Can Roundup cause cancer?

New study from DEOHS researchers finds exposure to commonly used weed killer increases risk of some cancers

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