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Statewide effort to put more whole grains on shelves and plates gets $19 million boost
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Study links wind-blown dust from receding Salton Sea to reduced lung function in area children
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Wildfire smoke linked to declines in sperm quality
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In the news

The plastics around us
March 9, 2026 | UW Magazine | Featured: Sheela Sathyanarayana View

Seattle clinic gets homeless youth engaged in care by treating their pets
March 7, 2026 | The Seattle Times | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View

The age of animal experiments may be waning
March 7, 2026 | Scientific American | Featured: Edward Kelly View

What is food systems, nutrition, and health?
March 5, 2026 | The Daily | Featured: Michelle Averill View

Jeremy Hess presents public lecture ‘Climate Change and Health: Frontiers in Decision Support and Implementation Science’
March 5, 2026 | The Daily | Featured: Jeremy J Hess View

Glyphosate is driving a rift in MAHA. Here’s what the science says about its effects on health
February 27, 2026 | Scientific American | Featured: Lianne Sheppard View

Repeal of EPA ‘endangerment finding’ endangers human health
February 25, 2026 | The Seattle Times | Featured: Howard Frumkin View

6 foods that turn toxic when reheated - yet families keep eating them without fear
February 19, 2026 | MSN | Featured: Emily Hovis View

Trump administration dropped controversial climate report from its decision to rescind EPA endangerment finding
February 13, 2026 | Inside Climate News | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View

Forests don’t just store carbon. They keep people alive, scientists say
February 13, 2026 | Mongabay | Featured: June T. Spector View

The evidence showing climate change endangers public health - contrary to Trump’s claim
February 12, 2026 | The Independent | Featured: Howard Frumkin View

UW professors research the impacts of marijuana production on workers’ health
February 10, 2026 | The Daily | Featured: Christopher D. Simpson, Coralynn Sack View

UW study tests impacts of drug use on transit workers
February 10, 2026 | The Daily | Featured: Marissa Baker View

Everything to know about Nipah virus amid cases being detected in India
January 29, 2026 | ABC News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View

Funding cuts could put research into emerging threats to lung health at risk
January 28, 2026 | Nature | Featured: Joan Casey View