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Traveling and gathering safely this holiday season
12/15/2022
Type: YouTube
This holiday travel season is forecast to be one of the busiest since AAA began keeping track in 2000, with more than 112 million people expected to venture at least 50 miles from home between Dec. ...

Mask up, vax up and coordinate holiday gatherings
12/15/2022
As holiday gatherings and associated travel increase this week and next, what can we do protect ourselves and our loved ones? Across the nation, public health restrictions were rolled back months ago...
A family reunites on a beach.

6 tips for healthy summer travel
06/22/2022
Type: YouTube
With summer travel on pace to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, Dr. Paul Pottinger, a professor of medicine and allergy and infectious diseases at the University of Washington School of...
Mask guidelines are quickly changing at the federal, state and local levels.

Confused about COVID-19 masking guidelines?
02/25/2022
Type: YouTube
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new community level guidelines on Friday, which include calling for easing of indoor masking in locations where COVID-19 transmission is low....
Learning new skills can help fend off the burnout of pandemic fatigue, according to the University of Washington Medical Schools Assistant Dean of Well-Being.

Pandemic fatigue? Your calendar can be an ally
02/07/2022
Type: YouTube
As the two-year anniverary of Washington state's stay-at-home order approaches, the COVID-19 pandemic has beome a marathon of caution and accommodation.  People understandably feel worn down by its...
Effective Dec. 6, UW Medical Center’s two campuses are changing the policy regarding patient visitors.

New UW Medical Center visitor policy starts Dec. 6
12/03/2021
Type: YouTube
Effective Monday, Dec. 6, UW Medical Center is requiring all inpatient visitors over age 12 and individuals over age 18 who are accompanying an adult outpatient to show proof of being fully...
The potential for more COVID-19 variants to emerge and presence of other seasonal viruses make this winter an unpredictable and cautious stretch of the pandemic, according to Dr. John Lynch.

Providers brace for variant unknowns, seasonal risks
12/02/2021
Type: YouTube
As winter nears, and with the emergence of the new variant of concern omicron, healthcare providers are preparing for the novel coronavirus’ next moves. UW Medicine’s Dr. John Lynch, Harborview...
A UW Medicine study underway to understand the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is inviting anyone in Washington state up to the age of 85 to submit a survey about their exposure during the pandemic.

Study tracing COVID-19’s spread seeks new participants
10/14/2021
Type: YouTube
A UW Medicine study to understand the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is inviting Washington state residents up to age 85 to submit a survey about their exposure during the pandemic. The WAshington...
Mask mandates and social distancing restrictions are being dropped in parts of Washington state and across much of the United States.

Take reopening at your own pace
06/28/2021
Type: YouTube
Fifteen months after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns quieted our offices, cleared our streets and shuttered our social lives, the reopening movement is hitting full speed. But just...

Seattle vaccination hubs offer COVID-19 testing long-term
05/24/2021
Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan today announced that the City of Seattle and UW Medicine have partnered to create long-term COVID-19 testing availability in the months to come at the City’s Rainier...

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