Read about medical advances and research in Seattle and worldwide. Topics include treatments; surgery; diseases such as Zika; studies of the human brain, heart and cancer; mental health; drugs and vaccinations; and Medicare, the Veterans Administration (VA) and the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Institutions include the Hutch, UW Medicine, Harborview, Virginia Mason, Group Health and Swedish.
With COVID-19 cases in the U.S., "nonessential" travel is still discouraged. But, especially for the elderly and immunocompromised, the question of whether to travel to...
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Health-care workers across the nation on the front lines of the global pandemic do their jobs as their own families navigate life — and death.
NEW DELHI — Pygmy hogs — the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig — are under a virus lockdown. Not because of the coronavirus, but...
