Health & Medicine

Suspected suicidal cannabis exposures have increased 17% annually, over a period of 12 years, according to an analysis of U.S. poison center data.

Discovery of a gene in multiple mammalian species could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal male contraceptive for humans and animals.

The university is in the early stages of a $1.36 million project to upgrade its biosafety level 3 laboratory and enhance its infectious disease research and pandemic response capacity.

Located in Spokane, the new clinic will help reduce the wait time for eastern Washington families seeking autism spectrum disorder evaluations for their children.

WSU-led research in C. elegans worms suggests that animals’ ability to live longer in cooler temperatures is tied to a nervous system protein that controls collagen expression.

An online “e-health” program helped more people with chronic pain reduce their opioid medications and pain intensity than a control group that had only regular treatment in a clinical study.

The program is the first in Eastern Washington. It promises not only to help improve children’s healthcare in Spokane but also foster aspiring physicians from the region.

A quick, affordable diagnostic test developed by a WSU researcher may help curb one of the most prevalent but least known sexually transmitted infections.

People living in the U.S. must travel more than three times farther to access methadone treatment for opioid addiction than Canadians, a new WSU-led study indicates.

This spring break, the Murrow College of Communication 2023 Backpack Journalism expedition travels to Nairobi, Kenya where students will report on research from the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health and related topics.