05/24/2020
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine announced a plan for cost reductions to address the financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. A part of that includes furloughs for employees.
"This is very tough decision...
05/18/2020
UW Medicine announced temporary furloughs for approximately 1,500 professional and classified non-union staff to help address the financial challenges caused by COVID-19. Leadership also notified...
04/03/2019
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association just issued policy recommendations to reduce children's intake of sugary drinks, urging lawmakers at every level to implement...
01/25/2019
OK, we can’t resist: Got milk?
The answer seems to be maybe. The Food and Drug Administration is collecting comment on whether the plant-based beverages on the market – such as soy, almond, hemp, or...
10/01/2018
It was late August. The parent on the other end of the phone was distraught. She had just learned that she’d have to provide an EpiPen to the school where her first-grade son was enrolled – and was...
09/17/2018
A study published Sept. 17 in JAMA Network identifies a bias against children in the protocol that designates donor organs for transplant candidates who have liver disease.
“This study gives evidence...
06/25/2018
Type: MediaAMP
"We don't actually need research to know that it would be terrifying for children, especially those children; they're strangers in a strange land, they don't speak the language, they don't know what'...
02/13/2018
A bill in Washington's Legislature would require private stem-cell clinics to post signage warning prospective clients that the therapy offered therein lacks scientific evidence and FDA approval.
The...
02/13/2018
Type: MediaAMP
A bill in Washington's Legislature would require private stem-cell clinics to post signage warning prospective clients that the therapy offered therein lacks scientific evidence and FDA approval.
The...
Katie McCabe, a grad student in UW’s School of Public Health, highlights the rationale for immunizing infants and children early in life.