10/06/2021
To better identify and prevent future pandemics, the University of Washington has become a partner in a five-year global, collaborative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development....
04/06/2022
The University of Washington School of Medicine is expected to receive up to $5.3 million over the next five years to establish a new research center to advance tuberculosis (TB) research. The award...
04/11/2022
A randomized controlled trial of 2,275 women in Kenya showed that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was highly effective. The current standard for women is a three-dose regimen...
07/27/2022
A lack of rapid, easy-to-administer tests to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in affected communities has long been impeding efforts to eradicate the disease. TB infects 10 million and kills over 1.5...
08/29/2022
The rapid antigen tests used by many Americans for at-home and workplace COVID-19 testing accurately detect the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 now common in the United States, a new study has determined...
09/07/2022
A technique that combines nanotechnology with artificial intelligence can diagnose tuberculosis in children in whom the deadly disease might otherwise go undetected, an international team of...
02/08/2023
To improve HIV testing rates in the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire, community health workers need more training and support, researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in...
04/06/2023
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have engineered stem cells that do not generate dangerous arrhythmias, a complication that has to date thwarted efforts to...