News stories

A person harvests plants in a field exposed to direct sun with mountains and trees in the background.

Deforestation threatens worker health and productivity

Heat limits worker productivity in tropical deforested areas, according to new study from DEOHS, The Nature Conservancy and others

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Collaborating to solve public health problems

PhD student Yisi Liu works with international partners to understand how air pollution affects health

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Burning embers: Synthesis of the health risks of climate change

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Opening doors for student success

DEOHS alum Ryan Babadi credits mentorship and support from DEOHS for helping launch his new career as a Harvard researcher investigating how environmental factors affect reproductive health

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King County gets high marks for masking

More than 85% of observed King County residents masked up in public, UW researchers find in partnership with King County and Washington State Department of Health

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A man stands in a lab holding a swab in its paper packaging.

Can a single test detect both TB and COVID-19?

It’s one of several innovative ideas to help end TB from the research lab of DEOHS Professor Jerry Cangelosi

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New interactive mapping tool can pinpoint pollution hotspots in effort to improve health equity

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Keeping food trucks and workers safe

DEOHS collaborates with cross-sector partners to reach food-truck operators with safer cleaning alternatives

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Five people (four in N95 masks) pose with cardboard picture frame cutouts saying "#ColorOutSmoke" and "I [heart] MY AIRSHED."

Population health grants boost wildfire and climate research

Three DEOHS teams awarded new pilot grants from UW Population Health Initiative

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