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- Only use COVID-19 rapid tests if you have symptoms | KEX2 days ago
Dr. Geoffrey Baird, associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology in the UW School of Medicine, says that antigen tests aren't approved for use in people without symptoms. - FDA panel meeting about Johnson & Johnson booster | MSNBC2 days ago
Dr. Vin Gupta, affiliate assistant professor of health metrics sciences at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, says he thinks the FDA will approve a two-month interval between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and a booster, and he doesn't think mixing vaccine types will be approved today. - Climate change killing bigleaf maples | FOX 132 days ago
UW researchers have concluded that climate change, with longer lasting periods of hot, dry weather, is killing bigleaf maples. - New UW behavioral health teaching facility groundbreaking | FOX 132 days ago
The UW is breaking ground on a new behavioral health teach facility, providing long-term behavioral health treatment beds and statewide telepsychiatry services. - Nooksack-led research, projects aim to mitigate climate change | Tacoma News Tribune2 days ago
The Nooksack Indian Tribe has contracted to study the impacts of climate change, timber harvests, temperature change and sediment loading on stream temperature, mass wasting (or slope movement), summer flows and winter glacial retention since 2010 and has created adaptation plans for fish, fish habitats, wildlife, Indigenous foods, water supply and water quality. Harriet Morgan, a research at the UW Climate Impacts Group, is quoted. - The million-dollar misfire of vaccine lotteries | Bloomberg2 days ago
Several U.S. states and cities tried to boost Covid-19 vaccinations with a sweepstakes-for-shots approach. A new study suggests that other methods would have been more effective. Nancy Jecker, professor of bioethics and humanities in the UW School of Medicine, is referenced. - Opinion: Thousands of missed police killings prove we must address systemic bias in forensic science | The Washington Post2 days ago
"A new study from the UW concludes that, over nearly 40 years, medical examiners and coroners undercounted killings by U.S. police by more than half ... The study — published in the Lancet, a respected medical journal — raises important questions about the objectivity and reliability of physicians who work as government medical examiners and coroners," writes Peter Neufeld of the Innocence Project, Keith Findley and Dean Strang of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences. - Reimagining our pandemic problems with the mindset of an engineer | MIT Technology Review2 days ago
Grappling with all the uncertainty, the epidemiologist’s role during the pandemic proved confusingly complex. A more pragmatic, problem-solving mindset might help in making good decisions. Ruth Etzioni, affiliate professor of biostatistics and of health service at the UW, is quoted. - Planned march on Maui panned for promoting misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic | Honolulu Star-Advertiser2 days ago
Doctors who have been panned on the mainland for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic are set to headline a Saturday march on Maui opposing COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. Kolina Koltai, a postdoctoral researcher at the UW Center for an Informed Public, is quoted. - Opinion: Larry Fink wants $100 billion for decarbonization aid: We are not persuaded | Forbes2 days ago
"In a recent New York Times opinion piece, Larry Fink, the Chairman and CEO of the $10 trillion financial giant, BlackRock, and an outspoken advocate for ESG investment, argues that rich countries (OECD + China, as per his classification) should annually provide $100 billion in climate mitigation aid to developing countries … We agree with Fink about the seriousness of the climate crisis and how institutional investors can help the decarbonization process. However, Fink’s proposal is impractical,” write the UW's Nives Dolšak, professor of marine and environmental affairs, and Aseem Prakash, professor of political science. - Analysis: Death penalty can express society's outrage – but biases often taint the verdict | The Conversation2 days ago
Amelia Wirts, assistant professor of philosophy at the UW, writes about the death penalty: "My research examines how punishment affects members of society beyond the criminals and their victims. One of the key ways that punishment has a broader social effect is its capacity to express strong moral condemnation of actions that violate the basic rights of members of society. But punishment also expresses moral condemnation of the criminal. This is where the risk comes in because a strong negative attitude toward one individual can reinforce prejudicial stereotypes about racial and ethnic groups." - FDA panel backs Moderna booster for many Americans | MSNBC3 days ago
Dr. Vin Gupta, affiliate assistant professor of health metrics sciences at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, comments on former President Clinton's medical status and the recommendation of a half dose for the Moderna booster. - Former President Clinton hospitalized for non-COVID-related infection | MSNBC3 days ago
Dr. Vin Gupta, affiliate assistant professor of health metrics sciences at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, helps viewers former President Clinton's medical status, based on the statement from his doctors. - Study suggests which COVID-19 booster is best after J&J vaccine | SF Gate3 days ago
A long-awaited study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health has shown success for a mix-and-match strategy to the COVID-19 booster shot, with increased benefit for those who received a Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccination. Dr. Christine Johnston, associate professor of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted. [The article incorrectly calls her "Christine Johnson"] - Exposure to common plastic chemical linked to 100,000 early deaths | New Atlas3 days ago
Researchers from the Grossman School of Medicine at New York University are calling for urgent regulatory action limiting the use of chemicals called phthalates in the production of plastics. The research strikingly estimates up to 100,000 premature deaths in the United States every year could be attributed to phthalate exposure. Alison Paquette, assistant professor of pediatrics in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted. - Should a dog’s sniff be enough to convict a person of murder? | Science3 days ago
Courtroom testimony about dogs detecting dead bodies keeps sending people to prison—even without physical evidence. Critics say the science is lacking. James Ha, emeritus research professor of psychology at the UW, is quoted. - Risk of dangerous heat exposure is growing quickly in cities | Scientific American3 days ago
Population growth, climate change and the urban heat island effect are combining to put more people at risk. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted. - FDA vaccine booster panel: Here's who is on the roster | The New York Times3 days ago
A committee of scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration is meeting on Thursday and Friday to examine the available data on using additional doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to boost immunity. Dr. Steven Pergam, associate professor of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is a member of the committee. - UW paying more than $800,000 to settle Justice Department lawsuit | KUOW3 days ago
Mehmet Sarikaya, professor of materials sciences and engineering at the UW, submitted a grant application with false documentation to the National Science Foundation, according to a Justice Department lawsuit. The UW is paying $800,000 to settle the lawsuit. - UW paying more than $800,000 to settle Justice Department lawsuit | KIRO Radio3 days ago
The UW has settled a lawsuit over an application for a National Science Foundation grant that misrepresented the involvement of two researchers to make it more attractive.
