Flood of health data reveals sickly similarities around the globe
The same diseases that are the top killers in the US are now the leading causes of death worldwide as well. So is it a sign of progress or apocalypse?
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05 Mar
International students from Asia filling more seats at UW
Huge numbers of international students are making their mark on UW. But is Seattle making enough of a mark on them?
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UW Professor seeds social change in Cambodia
Cambodia still suffers from the horrific Khmer Rouge rule of the late Seventies. The entire population was forced into the countryside, and the educated, professionals, and minorities were targeted for execution. Thousands more died from starvation and illness. Nearly two million people, a quarter of the country’s population, died in that time. When the Vietnamese [...]
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