UW Medicine launches five-year study of respiratory illnesses as flu, bird flu cases rise
The whole point of this is to be ready for a new virus so that when it does arrive, which it probably will because we are one ...
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UC San Diego joins CDC in groundbreaking pandemic preparedness initiative
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected University of California San Diego as one of three partner institutions to establish a groundbreaking pandemic preparedness initiative ...
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Critics, including local cities, groups and residents, warn of health and climate risks in Sea-Tac Airport expansion proposal
The Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), a proposal to expand Sea-Tac Airport with 31 construction ...
UW mental health crisis team will be welcome addition to campus life
People who experience mental health crises are better served with a mental care professional in addition to, or instead of, a ...
Washington pharmacists prescribe abortion pills through new pilot program
A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via ...
Shortage of primary care doctors in U.S. comes down to money — and respect
More medical schools say they will no longer charge tuition. But evidence suggests it will take a lot more than a free ride.
Surgeon General takes final swing at alcohol link to cancer. Will that play in Wisconsin?
As New Year's Eve revelers across the world clinked glasses and ordered rounds, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was in the midst ...