The University of Washington, in collaboration with Forefront, has been awarded a three-year, $300,000 suicide-prevention grant to launch Husky Help & Hope, a comprehensive suicide-prevention...
Qingcheng Mao and Jashvant Unadkat, faculty members of the School of Pharmacy, recently learned that a 2005 article they published in the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)...
In February, one of the largest-ever studies of mammograms yielded findings that might lead women to reconsider the value of those screenings. Joann Elmore, a University of Washington physician and...
Saloni Parikh combines a passion for public health with talent for computer programming. As an undergraduate in the interdisciplinary honors program, she's already making an impact. For a global...
As the repression of sexual minorities in many nations around the world becomes visible, the call for social justice and equality is also gaining strength.
"Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality & Social...
Every year ivory poachers kill upward of 50,000 African elephants, reducing that population from an estimated 1.3 million in 1979 to 350,000 today. The trend could make African elephants extinct...
Suicide prevention in Washington state took a significant step forward March 27 when Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 2315, a bill that requires basic training in suicide assessment, treatment, and...
April 25 is World Malaria Day. Last year, 97 countries and territories reported transmission of the disease, represented by 207 million cases, according to the World Health Organization. On the basis...
University of Washington students are helping to improve the health of women and children around the world through the Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children.
On June...