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May 8, 2009

Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission from individuals with HIV and genital herpes, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-led international study finds

A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2.

Emergency procedures practiced, evaluated in Operation Crash Start disaster drill

If an emergency occurs on campus, how will the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø respond?


Representatives of a number of campus departments gathered at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the Bryant Building on Thursday, April 30, to study that question in an afternoon-long disaster drill called Operation Crash Start.

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Wickizer to deliver Public Health’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture, May 18

By Holly Weese
School of Public Health


Tom Wickizer, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor of health services, will deliver the School of Public Health’s Spring Quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Reflections on 10 years of Collaborative Research to Improve Health and Health Care for Injured Workers in Washington State.