11/07/2017
A provocative study and accompanying commentary in The Lancet last week is drawing fierce rebuttals from cardiologists.
The study was the first randomized trial to compare two groups of people with a...
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...
03/03/2020
COVID-19 Case
We have received notice from Public Health – Seattle & King County that a presumptive positive coronavirus case has been detected in a 54-year-old man who was admitted to...
04/08/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges not only for front-line caregivers but also for healthcare workers in training. Reflections of more than 300 medical students, residents, and fellows at the...
04/23/2020
April 24
KUOW: Desperate hunt for testing supplies so Washington state may reopen - "To actually just find supply of these swab kits has not been easy," said Keith Jerome, head of the UW Virology Lab...
08/28/2020
The running and hiking world has been abuzz after a small study from Duke was published recently. It was widely reported as suggesting that wearing a neck gaiter – the tubular pieces of material...
01/04/2021
Giving one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States could curtail the spread of the SARS-CoV-19 in the community more quickly than the recommended two doses, say two...