Katie McCabe, a grad student in UW’s School of Public Health, highlights the rationale for immunizing infants and children early in life.
A UW survey -- one of the first in the United States to examine attitudes among mental health professionals -- suggests that increased personal and professional experience lead to more empathy toward...
The Geivett family discusses how they live with the dangers of concussion as both their children play team sports that involve high physical contact. Daughter Greta has sustained multiple concussions...
Reducing obesity among children. Investing in early childhood programs. Devising strategies to reduce gun violence.
These three efforts illustrate how public health has risen to the top of the civic...
The Zika virus definitely causes birth defects, according to a special report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published April 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The author...
The young man's teeth were blown out when his electronic cigarette exploded. His injuries were so severe that he was admitted to the UW Medicine Regional Burn Center at Harborview -- one of 15 such...
10/06/2017
After Todd and Laura Crooks lost their oldest son Chad to suicide, the West Seattle couple created Chad's Legacy Project to bring resources together and spark change.
Chad's Legacy Project and UW ...
09/17/2018
The Federal Drug Administration recently proclaimed an epidemic of vaping among young people and gave the five largest e-cigarette manufacturers 60 days to produce plans to stop underage use of their...
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...
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...