In support of the state’s Safe Start efforts, the Washington State Department of Commerce spearheaded a unique collaboration among public, private and philanthropic organizations to help keep small businesses open, protect and create jobs, while also looking ahead to strengthen key sectors in the future.
News
October 8, 2020
News Release
September 29, 2020
News Release
Modifiable health risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking, were linked to over $730 billion in in health care spending in the US in 2016, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health.
March 3, 2020
News Release
Americans in 2016 spent an estimated $380 billion on low back and neck pain, as well as on joint and limb pain, and other musculoskeletal disorders.
Events
April 7, 2016
Conference
Assistant Professor Nicholas Kassebaum, MD, will give the talk “The maternal health gap: how the United States lags in infant and maternal mortality,” at Health Journalism 2016, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual meeting. IHME data show that the US was one of only eight countries whose maternal death rates increased between 2003 and 2013.
June 9, 2015
Conference
IHME Researcher Laura Dwyer-Lindgren and Post-Bachelor Fellow Amelia Bertozzi-Villa will participate in the panel discussion “Community health assessment: Better data for better health” at the National Association of County and City Health Officia
April 23, 2015
Conference
Professor of Global Health Ali Mokdad gives an exclusive first look at new data on alcohol use for every county in the US at Health Journalism 2015, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ (AHCJ) annual conference. Dr.
In the News
November 4, 2014
Northland News Center
September 10, 2014
Solutions Journalism Network