As a research nurse at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Rebecca O’Connor observed a troubling phenomenon. Children of East African descent — first or second generation immigrants — were being diagnosed...
Even as life expectancy is increasing in the United States and many parts of the world, people are living more years with chronic illness or disabling conditions. This is among the findings from a...
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina lashed New Orleans, a new study warns that future public health impacts of climate change in Gulf Coast states may be especially severe.
The region – Texas,...
Eighty-some Seattle high-schoolers listened as author Sherman Alexie described health conditions of the Spokane Indian Reservation where he grew up. It was part of a six-week summer Upward Bound ...
In a small-scale study, smokers whose lung screenings suggested signs of cancer nonetheless believed that they could safely continue to smoke, reasoning that future screenings would enable them to...
A new report highlights the health hazards faced by workers handling hydrofluoric acid, an agent common in commercial car- and truck-washing operations.
Between 2001 and 2013, one worker in...
The sky is mostly gray, but the mood in the alley feels festive. Opposite smelly, giant trash dumpsters are three men, who sit serenely, wearing barber’s capes while their hair is combed and buzzed...
A Ph.D. student at the University of Washington plans to tackle issues in sustainable dairy farming, and will do so with help from a Seattle-based nonprofit.
Heather Fowler, a doctoral student in...
Click the arrows at the side of the photos above to run a slide show.
The nearly 250 first-year medical students starting this month will experience the first major change to the UW School of...
Doctors are questioning whether half the population over age 70 truly have serious kidney disease. International guidelines are based on measurements that might not coincide with the risk of...