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UW rolls out suicide-prevention training to student athletes

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The mandatory course for University of Washington players is a response to recent NCAA directives on mental health.

News Releases

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Panel calls for improved psychiatric care in African prisons

Recommended reforms focus on providing basic services during incarceration and continuing community care after release.

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Community factors linked to cardiac-arrest outcomes

Study findings suggest improvements in care alone won’t reduce regional differences in outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

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Six ape genomes sequenced telomere-to-telomere

A definitive reference has become openly available for comparative evolutionary studies of humans and the apes closest to us on the tree of life.

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Peptide biomarkers predict coral survival from heat stress

Certain proteins distinguish resilient corals from those that succumb to bleaching, offering new molecular tools for reef conservation and climate resilience.

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Poverty-reduction effort linked to lower gun suicide rate

States that offer refundable earned income tax credits saw gun suicide rates fall, with more generous refunds leading to greater declines.

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