10/25/2017
Writes reporter-at-larger Patrick Radden Keefe: "Purdue has continued to fight aggressively against any measures that might limit the distribution of OxyContin, in a way that calls to mind the gun...
03/09/2018
The rash of school shootings has people questioning. What is happening with teen-age boys? Do they have more anger and depression than teens of the past?
Dr. Henry Berman, clinical professor of...
10/11/2018
The newly appointed chair of the UW School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics will also serve as the associate dean of the UW medical school and as senior vice president/chief academic officer...
11/07/2018
Travis Nelson, clinic chief of the University of Washington’s Center for Pediatric Dentistry, has been named acting chair of the UW School of Dentistry’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry. The...
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...
02/05/2021
In late December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a despairing fact: 81,230 Americans had succumbed to drug overdoses in the year that ended in May 2020. It marked the highest...