05/18/2017
Research has identified a new way that viruses keep infected cells alive – so the viruses can use the cells to reproduce. The finding suggests it may be possible to target this process to treat viral...
06/16/2017
Physicians ordered or provided 2.8 billion drugs for their patients in 2013, and those numbers have risen steadily, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More people than...
Primatologists like Lisa Jones-Engel at the UW National Primate Research Center can only speculate about why HIV became a human-to-human virus, but they want to prevent another such devastating...
A new drug, pritelivir, may offer a new treatment option for patients with genital herpes, a study led by University of Washington researchers has found. The study appears in this week’s New England...
Kevin Haggerty graduated from high school in 1977 – among the foggiest, Cheech-and-Chongiest years ever in terms of U.S. teens smoking marijuana, government data says. For more than 25 years, he has...
WWAMI’s effort is vital because Alaska needs more physicians, particularly those that specialize in primary care and psychiatry.
A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequences data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows...
A new family medical residency training program in Coeur d’Alene is one step to try to help address Idaho's anticipated shortage of physicians.
A University of Washington online education program aimed at helping healthcare providers more safely manage patients' chronic pain has received a nearly $800,000 grant. The funding to UW and its...
Curriculum renewal took center stage in late January, generating enthusiasm in a well-attended public forum. About 100 faculty, staff and students heared presenters discuss ideas to integrate the...