Overdose prevention supplies are now more accessible than ever in King County! Public Health worked with a local org. to put vending machines at sites in Seattle and Kent to provide free and confidential access to naloxone, and fentanyl test strips.
https://t.co/Cawin3L3ki
Cochrane reviews -once gold standards for evaluating scientific evidence -are becoming dangerous tools of “scientists” w agendas
1st was a Cochrane review attempting to discredit rapid tests
Now a similar one to discredit masks
Both biased & then misinterpreted (ie @nytimes)
Exciting to see this important work make some traction. The majority (~4/5) of HIV-negative cisgender MSM in the US don’t use PrEP and we identified key demographic subgroups of that population where the potential for HIV acquisition may be concentrated.
While #PrEP dominates the discussion about #HIV prevention in gay and bi men, @UW researchers find that condomless anal sex is steadily increasing in gay men not on PrEP--in 15 to 24 year olds, a 5-point annual increase, including *13 points* annually in Latinos. #CROI2023
As a first-year MPH student working on a literature review, I received help from a UW Librarian that turned out to be instrumental! Than you to @UWLibUnion for advocating on behalf of our librarians! Without them, I wouldn't be the successful, budding researcher I am now.
We want to hear from YOU! How has UW Libraries/UW Press staff created an impact on your research? What would it mean to you if UW Libraries Union members walked off the job? #uwlibrariesimpact
In probably the busiest day of my academic career so far, my first, first-author paper has been published! Special thanks to @ElizabethJ_Aus @emcatwil1 and our wonderful co-authors for their hard work on this. https://t.co/ioM3AgknoC
The team from @uwepidemiology, @uwdgh, @uwsocialwork, @PeerSeattle, & @GayCitySeattle for their project, “Leveraging a CBPR approach for a Qualitative Study Exploring the Methamphetamine Use Continuum among Cisgender Men and Transgender People who Have Sex with Men.” 3/10
Here's why abortion criminalization is a public health issue, as explained by our public health researchers,
@Taylor__Riley, Aaron Katz, Daniel Enquobahrie @uwepidemiology @UW_Dept_HSPop https://t.co/veqmezYMw8