November 3, 2020
The College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held a talk on common questions about vaccines, this year’s flu season and the eventual distribution of a COVID‑19 vaccine.
Health & Medicine
November 2, 2020
Even conservative epidemiological modeling shows an increase in COVID‑19 cases is likely in small towns that host college sports with fans in the stands.
October 30, 2020
Students from multiple WSU health sciences programs will be able to complete clinical rotations in six outlying Indian Health Service areas across the Pacific Northwest.
October 30, 2020
His work improving the health and well-being of indigenous peoples has earned him grant funding, awards and citations as an academic researcher at WSU Health Sciences.
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October 29, 2020
New WSU research shows only 3.9% of rural ZIP Codes in the United States have a mental health facility that serves young people, compared with 12.1% of urban and 15% of small-town ZIP codes.
October 27, 2020
WSU research sheds new light on a molecule that may be used to treat heart conditions that can lead to stroke, heart attack and other forms of heart disease.
October 22, 2020
A new study by Washington State University researchers helps build a case for the use of sleep therapeutics following trauma exposure.
October 22, 2020
The Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care has extended its accreditation of Cougar Health Services at WSU for the next three years.
October 21, 2020
The nearly $11 million grant will allow WSU scientists to continue their work studying natural products and their interactions with drugs.
October 20, 2020
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, report that the severity of their symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis, according to a WSU study.
October 19, 2020
Students are testing guest farmworkers as well as working at a drive‑through test site in an area that was a COVID‑19 hotspot this summer.
October 19, 2020
Trick-or-treating and, to a greater extent, indoor house parties, increase the likelihood of contracting and spreading COVID-19, according to WSU epidemiologist Eric Lofgren.
October 16, 2020
The research will help scientists better understand how emotional regulation during infancy can contribute to academic performance, everyday behavior and the development of mental health problems later in life.
October 15, 2020
The College of Nursing in Spokane worked quickly to put the program in place after a rise in COVID‑19 cases stretched local nursing staffs thin.
October 14, 2020
Regular cannabis exposure in rats during pregnancy may cause their offspring to have cognitive deficiencies, asocial behavior, and anxiety later in adulthood.
October 13, 2020
One in four adults reported a change in alcohol use almost immediately after stay‑at‑home orders were issued, according to a study of twins led by WSU researchers.
October 12, 2020
A project, led by Dr. Dedra Buchwald of the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, received a $4.4 million NIH grant to help address the COVID‑19 crisis in American Indian and Native Alaskan populations.
October 12, 2020
The Diagnostic Challenges, case‑based exercises for second‑year veterinary students, are going virtual to protect the health of the participants.
October 7, 2020
One approach will be to implement the Strengthening Families Program, an initiative aimed at families, caregivers and children ages 10–14.
September 30, 2020
WSU’s degree-completion program for working nurses – the RN-BSN – has helped more than 1,700 registered nurses earn a bachelor’s degree.