09/06/2017
Hurricane Harvey left many people in need emergency health care in the Houston area.
Dr. Stephen Morris, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Washington School of...
09/11/2017
On July 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that funding for teen pregancy-prevention programs would end two years early. The 81 affected organizations provide reproductive...
10/09/2017
The key to reducing firearm deaths in the United States is to understand and reduce exposure to the cause, just like in any epidemic, and in this case that is guns.
Dr. Fred Rivara, UW Medicine chief...
01/19/2018
Dr. Barak Gaster, an internist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, had spent three years working with specialists in geriatrics, neurology, palliative care and psychiatry to come up...
01/30/2018
Even the most careful and responsible women may have to take emergency contraception at some point. It’s important to know how it works and when to use it.
“It can be helpful to have emergency...
01/25/2018
While most suicide intervention efforts have been focused on mental health and emergency room settings, professionals throughout all medical fields play a critical role in suicide prevention.
Now,...
03/30/2018
"The default response after a major disaster is often to rebuild as quickly as possible. This typically means replicating what existed before the storm. But why not build back in a way that corrects...
04/20/2018
Many children hospitalized in the U.S. for brain injuries don't receive all the rehabilitation services needed for them to potentially make a full recovery, a new study suggests.
Researchers...