Financial empowerment, cultural storytelling, and behavioral science combine in a landmark collaboration bridging ...

A new study suggests that people with obesity have higher rates of mortality and hospitalization from a variety of infections from viruses, fungi, parasites and bacteria ...

People living with obesity are 70 percent more likely to be hospitalized or die due to an infection, according to a new study. Researchers also found that around one in 10 ...

Objective This study aims to develop a methodology to retrieve, harmonise and evaluate the completeness of national body mass index (BMI) data from linked electronic health record (EHR) sources to ...

Nutrition and lifestyle interventions, including whole-food plant-based diets, show promise in managing mood disorders and reducing dementia risk.

People of normal weight may also be at risk of diabetes and similar diseases. A study from the University of Gothenburg reveals that those with an unexpectedly high so-called metabolic BMI have up to ...

Washington’s rural areas will get a boost in health care funding. The state received $181 million in federal funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program for 2026, according to a news release ...

WASHINGTON STATE — Violence against healthcare workers is a growing concern, with data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicating that these professionals are five times more likely to experience ...

BALTIMORE—Washington state has secured $181.3 million in federal funding for 2026 as part of a sweeping $50 billion initiative to bolster rural health care nationwide, the Centers for Medicare & ...

Forty days. That’s the average wait time in the United States to see a gastroenterologist, according to a 2025 survey by AMN Healthcare. An ob-gyn? You’ll wait an average of almost 42 days. Once you ...

SEATTLE — An anonymous donation expected to exceed $50 million is helping cover tuition costs for medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington for the next half-century. The ...

Lexington-based University of Kentucky is partnering with Microsoft on an enterprisewide AI project aiming to expand the adoption of the technology at its health system. Through the recently launched ...