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UW Health Sciences/UW Medicine News, Community Relations & Marketing
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May 13, 2009
Media Roundup: News Coverage of UW Medicine
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the UW School of Medicine the nation's top primary-care medical school for the 16th straight year.
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The National, Dubai: United Arab Emirate doctors call for national cervical cancer screening and vaccination program
MedPage Today: Depression doubles risk of diabetic foot ulcers
KING TV News: Doctors say insurers target costly drugs
Wall Street Journal: The number's guy: The flu's death toll
Los Angeles Times: Unreal World: TV show "Scrubs" fools around with enteroviruses
Star Phoenix: Baby TV time slows development
The International News: Vitamin D reduces mortality rate in kidney patients
Everett Herald: Swine flu tests response plans
EMax Health: Genetic clues to blood pressure uncovered KING 5 TV: Man creates guide for managing hospital care
Seattle Times: Experts gather in Seattle to tackle the rise in premature births
Peninsula Daily News: For teen, it's on with the show: UWMC brain surgery patient Isaac Boekelheide stars in operetta
Uganda Pulse: Acyclovir does not reduce the transmission of HIV
KSRO 1350 AM: Male birth control: Closer that we thought?
NBC TV: Scientists battle brain tumors with scorpion venomJournal Newspapers: UW catches wave of the future with ISIS
New York Times: New lines drawn in medical minefield
Peninsula Daily News: One comedian helps another
Seattle Times: Animals, industrial agriculture, and swine flu risk
ABC News: One step closer to a birth control shot for men
MSNBC: Swine flu fears subside, but second wave looms
Kansas City Star: Flu likely to take a summer break, but watch out for fall
The Benson County Arkansas Daily Record: Kids Talk: 12 tips for a healthy brain
Health Day: More educated choose healthier foods, but pay more
Seattle Times: Microsoft writer makes documentary on losing hand to cancer
KING 5 News: Hospitals stepping up to prevent medical ID thefts
eScience Daily: Cardiac CT offers a better, cost-effective approach to diagnose low-risk chest pain patients
Associated Press: State hospitals seek higher Medicaid payments
U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Medical Schools
Billings, Mont., Gazette: 3rd year of program brings aspiring doctors back to Montana, 5 state partnership works with the University of Washington
KUOW Radio: Abused and neglected: Child abuse stories and solutions
Seattle Times: Stimulus to energize UW's work in science
KING TV 5: Law proposed to protect young athletes WBUR Radio: Saving premature babies
Seattle Times: Rural doctor shortage called a crisis in Washington
Post Chronicle: Child abuse spikes as U.S. economy founders
Auburn Reporter: Quick on foot, even quicker at saving lives
Atlanta Constitution: Nurse magnets crucial for recruitment and retention
Reporting on Health: Q & A with Johnese Spisso: Public hospitals can reach more than just the poor
MSNBC: Worms reveal more of longevity's secrets Jakarta Globe: Children the hidden victims of recession
KSKA Alaska Public Radio: Line One: Colorectal Surgery Spokesman Review: Law protects coverage for transplant patients
Seattle Times: Editorial: No shame in seeking care as added stress and strain take a tole
The Columbian: A clean break from shampoo
Scientific American: New spray treatment helps men last longer between the sheets
Telemundo: Investigadores enfrentan conflicto de intereses: estudio
Kitsap Sun: April is autism awareness month
Chronicle of Higher Education: Innovations in Internationalization: One university's strategy for keeping international projects running smoothly
KING 5 TV: Bill would protect kids with concussion symptoms Everett Herald: A new elbow --or no arm at all
North Seattle Herald: Cancer researcher finds a hub of hope in her work
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Move to bullpen a health issue for Morrow, Mariners
Science perspective: Turnover after the fallout
Globe and Mail: Heart can regenerate cells
Times-News, Hendersonville, N.C.: Heart muscle cells renew over a lifetime The Ottawa Citizen: Cooking is a skill that is becoming essential
Forbes: Nicotine replacement may help smokers quit graduallyNew York Times: The new old age: At the end of life, denial comes at a price
Seattle Times: Almost home: Saving premature infants, one baby at a time
KUOW radio: Thinking outside the display case: Seattle's museum without walls Forbes: Starting HIV therapy earlier saves lives
Austin, Texas, Post-Bulletin: Quality sleep helps us deal with stress Associated Press: Study: Seattle housing for alcoholics saves money
Home Care: Tobacco regulation bill before Congress
Paris, Tenn., Post-Intelligencer: Once a year checkup of all medications advised KING 5 News: UW doctors removing gallbladders with one incision
Seattle Times editorial: Sen. Patty Murray throws hospitals and clinics a lifeline
Seattle Times: African-American nurses organization has come a long way
KOMO TV News: Harborview, trauma centers, face a crisis
The News Tribune: Bill would toss a lifeline to Harborview
Tri-Cities Herald: Trauma centers in jeopardy
Healthday News: Weight gain between births raises Cesarean risk
Seattle Times: Disputed nationwide trauma treatment study ends
U.S. News & World Report: Health care costs go up, and stay up, for abused women
La Voz Nueva: Pediatrician Dr. Bonnie Pagon receives lifetime genetics award from March of Dimes
MSNBC: How young is too young for video games?
CBC News: Circumcision protects against two common sexually transmitted diseases
KING 5 News: Surgery for glaucoma safer than ever
KING 5 News: Preserving the social safety net
Space Daily News: UW scientists one step closer to stopping bone loss during space flight
Seattle Times Pacific Northwest magazine: Profile: Dr. Sigvard Hansen challenged assumptions and helped turn around trauma care MSNBC Today: His robot legs may lift people out of their wheelchairs
Yakima Herald: One man's journey--a long and grinding road
San Juan Journal: Letters to the Editor: Forever in EMTs' and paramedics' debt for skill, talent, and dedication
KPLU Radio (audio): New parents learn how to cope with crying infant and avoid shaken baby syndrome
New York Times: Pregnancy problem is a heart warning
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Suspicion of vaccines spurs debate, worryUSA Today: Group finds carcinogens in kids' bath products
Puget Sound Business Journal: Life sciences organizations in the region line up for share of stimulus funds to infuse stalled research KING TV: Use your own blood to heal faster
Health Day News: Dying feel abandoned by their doctor in the end
KING TV: New approach studied for aortic valve replacementNBC TV Drama "ER": Episode features fictional UWMC setting and actual surgical safety checklist
Daily Record, Ellensburg, Wash. Gifted,lifted and in pain
News Tribune: Protein lets mice eat fat, stay thin Seattle Times: Seattle researchers applaud lifting of stem cell restrictions
Puget Sound Business Journal: UW scientists hail Obama move on stem cells
Bloomberg: Infertility triples risk of testicular cancer Christian Science Monitor: New experiments push evolution in ways Darwin never expected
Agence France-Presse: Gene copies played key role in human-ape split
Reuters UK: Gene explosion set humans, great apes apart KOMO TV: Ill firefighter overwhelmed by kindness of strangers
CNN Health: Does smoking pot increase risk of testicular cancer? Forbes: Drop in breast cancer rate due to reduced use of hormone replacement therapy
WOI-TV Des Moines, Iowa: Many in U.S. prisons lack good health care Associated Press: State hospitals making right-to-die policies
Kentucky Post: A gift of life and love
Food Navigator-USA podcast: The depression diet
JAMA News in Perspective: Reforms needed in adolescent health care
Seattle Times: Dr. John Coombs, an advocate for rural health in Washington
Red Orbit: Human Papilloma Virus 18 (HPV 18) DNA levels don't forecast precancerous lesions of the cervixIdaho Statesman: Idaho Board of Ed urges more money for training Idaho med students out of state
Associated Press: Cleaner air adds 5 months to U.S. lifespan Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Why a brain surgeon wears a helmet while skiing
Northwest Progress: Group sews up comfort for cancer patients
Associated Press: Study: Basic checklist cuts surgical deaths in half
Fairbanks News-Miner: CPR saves dog --and owner's life Patient Power Radio: The latest in joint replacement
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: UW med students prepare with cutting edge technology
Idaho Statesman: Reader's Opinion: To boost medical education, expand WWAMI access for Idaho
KING 5 TV: UW study looking for babies with siblings who have autism
North West Cable News: Dog CPR may have saved man's life
KCTS 9: Autism epidemic (video)
New York Times: Lancet: Dozens of nations inflated vaccine numbers
KING 5 Evening Magazine: Art's Healing Power: Nurse Mary Larson, Pioneer Square Clinic (video)
Seattle Times: Hunt for bank robber shuts down UW hospitalKPLU Radio (audio archive): Keeping children safe, everywhere Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial: Keeping children safe from injury Seattle Times: Audit leads to enrollment halt in research at veterans hospitalMSNBC: Canadian carriers cram to obey obesity ruling
Everett Herald: Whole again: After a year's wait, Everett firefighter has a new heartDeseret News: Idaho State University seeks "green light" on medical degree program
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Mental health system ailing
Device Daily: Researchers manage to regenerate neurons in eyes
ABC News: A fresh face made him a new man
HealthDay: Weight boosts older women's breast cancer risk
KING-TV News: Traces of melamine found in U.S. infant formulas
TIME magazine: Study: AIDS treatment should start sooner
KOMO-TV News: UWMC patient James O'Neal: I'm ready to be a new man
Los Angeles Times: Lean economy, fatty diet Seattle Times: 300 musicians drum-struck at Woodstick in Kirkland, event raises funds for UW hearing research
Washington Post: New system will rank foods by nutritional value
New York Times: Love, Sex, and the New Landscape of Infidelity Discovery Channel The Deadliest Catch: UW med school graduate and faculty member Dr. David Baines and rural physician Dr. Heidi Lowery Baines talk about practicing medicine in the Aleutian Islands
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Gates Foundation awards $10 million in grants for "crazy" ideas Parade Magazine: Taking the mystery out of breast cancer screening
KTVN Reno: Embryonic heart shows strong capacity to regenerate
Hungry Horse (Mont.) News: Man beats cancer to bag big moose
U.S.News & World Report: Delicate debate urged over withdrawal of life support
The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.: Thurston County Medic One founding father dies
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: UW scientists close to breakthrought on cure for paralysisNews of this discovery appeared in more than 400 news media throughout the world, including BBC, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, El Mundo, U.S. News & World Report, Associated Press, NBC Nightly News, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Melbourne Herald Sun, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, La Nacion, Le Presse Canadianne, AFP, Univision, CanWest News Service, and local newspapers throughout the United States
Parenting: Chemicals in baby bath products? Why you don't need to worry about phthalates in toiletries
Newsweek: Women's health advocates reach out to Africans on breast cancer screening and treatment
The Stranger: What does art mean at a hospital?
CNN: Possible marker for ovarian cancer found
USA Today: Popular supplements ineffective against arthritis
Tricity Herald: Richland, Wash.,veteran's advocate battling back from brain aneurysms
Seattle Times: Robert Jetland, former Harborview Medical Center administrator, dies at age 92
Newsweek: Hot Tip: Have your heart attack in Seattle Associated Press: More parents ponder cancer gene testing for kids
Seattle Times: Ellensburg, Wash., 13-year-old grapples with life at 7 feet, 3 inches
Forbes: Stress disorder affects 20% of ICU patients Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A few simple steps can help elders avoid falls
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Traumatic physical injuries can harm mental health Bloomberg: Gene region linked to mental ills may hold brain growth clues
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Blood sugar monitor aids in diabetes control
Seattle Times: Mothers of two teenage boys pulled from ice caves thank rescuers Reuters: Mental illness may up risk of post-partum suicide
Reuters: Jolts from heart defibrillators often precede death
Bloomberg: Heart defibrillators save lives, warn of pending risk in study
Washington Post: Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble
Journal Newspapers: UW Medicine invites community to fall prevention fairs
Seattle Post Intelligencer: What to do when medical bills are killing your budget
Wall Street Journal: Food costs feed health woes
New York Times Magazine: With child, with cancer Hospitals & Health Networks News: Going green without sacrificing quality
Time: Nuts and popcorn: OK for the colon?
Spokane Journal of Business: Making Spokane a research center
CBS News: Sick fat cells found in obese people The Bulletin (Bend, Ore.): Negotiating health-care coverage Idaho Journal: Med school stance revised
New York Times: In the marathon, style wins no points
KOTA Territory News: AMA Foundation presents Wilson Scholarship to UW medical student from Alaska
Seattle Times: The newest generation of drugs: Who can afford them?
Los Angeles Times: Bacteria played a role in 1918 pandemic flu deaths, scientists say
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: After combat, citizen soldiers are turning to alcohol
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Dementia: Memorize these three words...
Hospital Newspaper: Millions of chronically ill lack insurance coverage and don't get needed care
News Rx: UW researchers publish case of myotonic dystrophy coexisting with myasthenia gravis and thymoma Tri-City Herald: Kennewick, Wash., library hosts exhibit on women doctors
KIRO Radio ( audio clip) Why you should wear a bicycle helmet Journal Newspapers: From all terrain vehicles to smoke-detectors: The latest in injury prevention research
Seattle Times: Psychiatric history affects 'baby blues'Science Now Daily News: A new view of why cholera won't go away
Sidney (Mont.) Herald: Entering UW medical student Leila Ben-Youssef competes in Summer Olympics 2008 women's pole vaulting
Xconomy: Healionics gets kudos in Congress, contracts from companies
Washington Post: Older cancer patients at heightened risk of suicide
Reuters: Genital herpes treatment does not prevent HIV Seattle Times: Do safety net hospitals put money over mission?
Asian News International: Scientists uncover proteins in seminal fluids that may affect odds of conceiving
Fox News: Rapid evolution gives sperm big advantage
News-Review (Roseburg, Ore.): Winston's Jay Starr shines after bilateral lung transplant
Reuters: School failure harder on girls than on boys
Washington Post: Which is right? Like some others, she has trouble picking sides
New York Times: Trial intensifies concerns about safety of Vytorin
Tri-Cities (Wash.) Herald: Rowers for premies stop in Richland today Ballard News Tribune: UW medical school alumnus Dr. Rayburn Lewis honored by Black Enterprise magazine
New York Times: Drugs to build bones may weaken them Miami Herald: Researchers seek new ways for guys to control fertility
KIRO TV: Costly vaccines cause deadly dilemmas ABC News: Community rallies to buy man new face
Fox Business News: Disaboom survey reveals that 52 percent of Americans would rather be dead than disabled
U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Hospitals Honor Roll Science Daily: Slowing aging a way to fight diseases in the 21st century
AAMC Reporter: Olympic hopefuls reflect on the coming games (Leila Ben-Youssef, entering UW medical student from Sidney, Mont.) Seattle Times: Seattle-area children falling from windows with alarming frequency
ABC News: Doctors debate cholesterol tests for kids
KOMO TV: New way to help beloved Safeway cashier USA Today: As food costs soar, it's back to basics for meal planners
United Press International (UPI): Rat study suggests new therapy for extreme blood loss Magnolia/Queen Anne News, Seattle: A different kind of mountain
WLBT-TV, Jackson, Miss.: Gender plays a role in kidney transplant outcomes
Yakima (Wash.) Herald: On a mission to educate about adult stem cells
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Trying to give robots a human touch Nurse.com: Spotting early signs of lung cancer
Wall Street Journal: New surgery eases toll of breast cancer
Reuters Health in Spanish: Dieta baja en grassa es tan buena para corazon como mediterranea English version: Low fat diets are as healthy for the heart as Mediterranean
WTHR-TV News, Indianapolis: Breast cancer vaccines show promise
Inside Triathlon: Love that skin: Sun, sweat and screen (article by UW medical student Cameron Chesnut)
Newsweek: Are drive-through deliveries so bad?
Newsweek: An armful of agony: drugs and therapy offer new hope for self-cutters
Xconomy: Emerging health-care delivery paradigm for the 21st century
Kitsap Sun: In some cases, kids are playing too hard PC World: The Internet can help control your blood pressure U.S. News & World Report: Few student athletes survive sudden cardiac death
Voice of America: Using personal computers to solve humanitarian problems
(special audio and print report for people learning English)
Seattle Times: UW Medical Center using surgical checklist to improve safety: UW one of 8 hospitals worldwide test-driving a checklist the World Health Organization (W.H.O) unveiled Wednesday See a copy of the new surgery safety checklist Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Surgery checklist is all about the patient: UW joins global test that seeks to improve safety
Associated Press: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV
CBS News: Symptoms warn of ovarian cancer Wall Street Journal: When a mammogram isn't enough
KOMO TV News: Sixth graders honor James O'Neal with legacy gift
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Combined liver-kidney transplant surgeries under fire
Time Magazine: Obesity: It's not just genetics
Time Magazine: The science of appetite
KOMO-TV: Stealthy, deadly condition stalks student athletes New York Sun: Top medical centers spread well beyond the Northeast
Seattle Times: For UW doc, travel is the best medicine Learn more about Dr. Chris Sanford's book, The Adventurous Traveler's Guide to Health
Bay Reporter: New HIV vaccine project focuses exclusively on gay men
Health Talk's Health Now: Skin cancer: A guide to prevention and treatment (Webcast replay) Washington Post: Vitamin D deficiency puts 40% of U.S. infants and toddlers at risk
MSNBC: Study: bone drug helped stave off breast cancer
Business Week: Cancer meeting focuses on existing drugs
Washington Post: Erbitux works well for two-thirds of colon cancer patients
U.S.News & World Report: Anemia drug may speed tumor growth in some patients Baltimore Sun: How secure are pacemakers?
Manilla Bulletin: IBM world community grid supercomputer to tackle rice crisis
Agence France-Presse: Researchers hail anti-cancer advances but lament dip in funds
Wellness Report: The memory makeover
Washington Post: New calcium measure better predictor of heart risks
Minnesota Public Radio: Inside brain tumors
Rutland (Vermont) Herald: Scientists say male contraceptive is close at hand Seattle Times: In autistic boy's hands, paper and scissors express an amazing spectrumSee Wil Kerner's art gallery ABC News: All in the family: Where does incest begin? No clear consensus on whether cousins should be allowed to marry
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Food costs likely to boost obesity in poor; healthier choices will be even more out of reach, experts say
USA Today: Fosamax tied to increased risk of heart condition
The New York Times: A genetics pioneer sees a bright future, cautiously: A conversation with Arno Motulsky
The Missoulian: Nurse's Notes: Trauma centers have care at ready on short notice KXLY TV (Spokane): Horrible burns don't break a young girl's spirit
Chicago Tribune: Don't count on living longer than your folks The New York Times: The body in depth: The work of the late UW anatomist, David Bassett
Spokesman Review: Helping children heal and cope
Seattle Times: Travelers who need yellow-fever vaccination may face delays
Bainbridge Island (Wash.) Review: From a nobel calling to a Nobel Prize: Profile of Edmund Fischer
Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas): Lifestyle changes can help women live longer, better
Seattle Times and The Associated Press: Medical marijauna patients denied a spot on transplant list
UW Liver Transplant Committee information on candidate selectionThe Register-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia) Editorial: Women must take care of themselves to care for others
Sindh Today: Specialized white blood cells direct first responders to viral infection MedIndia: Response to viral infection mediated by specialized white blood cells
Washington Post: New heart disease markers discovered
KING 5 TV: Personal DNA test raises privacy concerns
American Hospital Association News: UW Medicine COO Johnese Spisso: A commitment to community service is key to a successful future for every hospital
Houston Chronical: Something to know about your Nalgene water bottle and your baby's plastic bottles: Chemicals found in plastics has companies pulling their products
CBS News: The effect of gastric bypass on diabetes, cancer Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Pacemaker for the brain being studied Trustee Magazine: How patient and family advisors improve quality
The Hawkeye, Burlington, Iowa: Burlington man survives bout with rare skin cancer (Merkel cell)
Science Central News: Caffeine and skin
Northwest Public Radio: Northwest is home to major malaria research
The Star Ledger, New Jersey: "Bugs" in your lungs may be your friends; "Spider" valves tested for severe emphasema Seattle Times: Modern milks cater to health concerns Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle scientists accuse Merck of misrepresenting Vioxx data
MSNBC: Q & A: Drugmaker deceit and the state of science; court documents offer window into what really happened with Vioxx
The Washington Post: Maker of Vioxx is accused of deception CBS News: Editors: Vital Vioxx details "manipulated;" Journal of the American Medical Association editors call for clinical trial reforms, alleging Merck withheld data on deaths. Seattle Times: Vioxx maker knew of drug's dangers three years before recall, UW study says
Seattle Times: Readers give lift to ailing fitness instructor Washington Times: Doctors advance against cancer
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Seattle institute aims to help cure world health data disorder
U.S. News & World Report: Critical care a rising med school specialty Star Ledger (New Jersey): Home defibrillator no better than CPR, study says
Associated Press: Risk of Alzheimer's higher when both parents have the disease
U.S.News & World Report: Exercise may help seniors avoid dreaded falls
Seattle Times: Vitamin E won't help, may hurt, cancer study says
KING TV: Do you know what you're breathing at 30,000 feet? Seattle Times: Seattle Marathon loses UW as title sponsor
Seattle Times: Fall-prevention efforts offer simple steps for older adults
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: UW gives adults born with heart disease a place to get care
MSNBC: Go to the gym, not the doctor
Seattle Times: Working Dad: Take baby steps in going green New York Times: Americans spend more to treat spine woes
New York Times: Diabetes Type 2 study partially halted after increase in deaths in those who aggressively lowered their blood sugar levels
Associated Press: Major diabetes, heart study halted after deaths
Seattle Times: Obituary: David Saunders: doctor, musician, poet, and lover of nature
Seattle Times: Herpes drug doesn't cut HIV risk
Washington Post: Radical cancer surgery: More women opt to have both breasts removed
Seatle Post-Intelligencer: UW seeks to prevent awareness during surgeryRead the research study in Pediatrics on phthalates in baby toiletries: Baby care products possible sources of phthalates in infants
Globe and Mail, Canada: Lotions, powders, may pose risk to infants
Washington Post: Study sees hazards in baby powder and lotion ABC News: Potentially harmful chemical in baby products
Seattle Times: Worrisome chemical found in kids
Reuters: Babies absorb phthalates from baby productsAssociated Press: Study warns of chemicals in baby itemsBaltimore Sun: Effects of baby products studied
The Daily Green: How to avoid phthalates
KVI AM 530 Radio Patient Power: Macular Degeneration and the Latest in Eye Care, with Dr. Russell Van Gelder
Yakima (Wash.) Herald: Voters may prescribe health care fix
Los Angeles Times: Stomach banding beats drugs in curing diabetes New York Times: Obesity surgery found effective in treating diabetesMSNBC: Obesity operation may cure diabetes in many
ABC News: Study explains how protein keeps hunger at bay Washington Post: Cancer care advances in 2007 offer hope
See the full Cancer Advances 2007 Report
Seattle Times: UW virus researcher Dr. Larry Corey named among 2007 Best of Puget Sound by Seattle Times editorial staff
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Leona Hooper: Sixty years of dishing it up at Harborview
Los Angeles Times: Dr. Merle Sande 1939-2007: San Francisco physician pioneered HIV/AIDS treatment
U.S. News & World Report: UW medical alumni Dr. William H. Foege named among America's Best Leaders New York Times: Forget Fair, It's Litigation as Usual Forbes: Extreme Races
Puget Sound Business Journal: UW gets $10.8 million to study DNA
Kansas City Star: Heart screening urged for young athletes
Science Now: Can stem cells rescue failing hearts? Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Private funds keep stem cell research viable in SeattleNational Public Radio: Ovarian cancer: Early diagnosis poses challenges
National Geographic: Deadly Contact: How Animals and Humans Exchange Disease
Pacific Northwest Magazine: From virus to vaccine: Professor Laura Koutsky clears crucial path to preventing cervical cancer
Puget Sound Business Journal: Walking with Christopher Murray, director of the UW Health Metrics Institute
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