Sixty future physicians were presented with stethoscopes on Thursday in a celebratory ceremony at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Spokane. The class of 35 women and 25 men will now ...

“Twenty-five percent of school-age teenagers in the United States spend a full quarter of their school day on their phone,” Dimitri Christakis, co-author and professor at UW’s School of Medicine, said ...

UW Medicine received news of a $50 million donation on Monday, Dec. 1. Students, professors, and the UW president spoke about the impact the gift will have on the program. The fund is expected to help ...

Jun. 2—UW Medicine and Aetna did not agree on a new contract before a June 1 deadline, meaning more than 50,000 patients could soon see increases in health care costs or potential provider disruptions ...

Recently, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (“Fred Hutch”) confirmed that the organization experienced a cybersecurity incident. According to the Seattle Times, in the wake of the incident, hackers sent ...

The fentanyl crisis is reaching and accelerating in every community. People are dying and families are being ripped apart. We may be on the way to finding out. UW Medicine researchers are set to start ...

Timothy Dellit, MD, was appointed to lead UW Medicine and the University of Washington School of Medicine, both based in Seattle. In addition to serving as CEO of UW Medicine, Dr. Dellit will serve as ...

David Baker, professor of biochemistry at the University of Washington, talks to reporters on Wednesday morning. Baker won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Ian C Haydon/UW Medicine Institute for Protein ...

Seattle-based UW Medicine lost a patient’s tumor before it could be tested for cancer, according to a lawsuit filed by the patient, who is suing the hospital for medical negligence. The plaintiff, ...

SEATTLE — Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington’s medical facilities have put a pause on sponsoring H-1B foreign worker visas after President Donald Trump announced a $100,000 ...

UW Medicine notified IVF patients that a former physician is facing allegations he artificially inseminated a patient with his sperm. Former patients of UW Medicine Physician Dr. Christopher Herndon ...

Scathing public criticism of the dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine, culminating in one newspaper's call for his resignation, has spurred an unusual outpouring of support from the ...