08/12/2017
Drug-use deaths hit a record of 332 in King County last year, with two-thirds of those opioid-related overdoses, according to a new University of Washington study. “The bottom line is opioid...
01/23/2018
Methamphetamine use has risen among Washingtonians who use needle-exchange programs, according to a survey of injection drug patrons.
The survey was conducted by the University of Washington’s...
02/28/2018
Exceptionally detailed maps of child growth and education across Africa suggest that no single country is set to end childhood malnutrition by 2030.
03/09/2018
Not one African country is on track to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, according to new data released late last month from the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. A few weeks earlier...
05/22/2018
The organizations will work together on the annual Global Burden of Disease study -- "embarking on an unprecedented and unparalleled journey to improve health systems and, in turn, the health and...
07/06/2018
Science reporter Amanda Grennell explores the current status of Zika research and outbreak monitoring in a article today on the PBS NewsHour. A 2018 American Association for the Advancement of...
08/17/2018
Sudden cardiac arrest can come without warning. But a simple, inexpensive test can often detect a heart condition before a young athlete collapses on the field or on the court, says Dr. Jonathan...
08/22/2018
In this TIME magazine article by Lisa Lewis, UW Medicine's Dr. Jonathan Drezner noted that is was "unacceptable" to him "that there are still high schools in the United States that don’t have AEDs...
08/29/2018
In a KIRO 7 News story, reporter Deborah Horne talks to UW Medicine physician Jonathan Drezner about the need for EKGs during routine sports screenings for young athletes. Commenting on a U.K. study...