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E. Peter Greenberg UW Medicine microbiologist

Scientist honored for studies of bacterial communication

03/29/2023
Type: YouTube
When UW Medicine microbiologist  E. Peter Greenberg began studying how bacteria communicate to organize themselves into communities and complete tasks, many scientific peers were incredulous....
A pregnant woman poses in front of a window.

Removing race adjustment from common prenatal test
02/03/2023
Type: YouTube
Dr. Shani Delaney, an associate professor of OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is a senior author of a study that found that results of a prenatal...
Dr. Alex Greninger, of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory, works with a sample.

XBB.1.5 likely to become next dominant COVID variant
01/06/2023
Type: YouTube
Dr. Alex Greninger, assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says the XBB.1.5 variant is on pace to become the dominant strain of...
Doctor examining pregnant woman's stomach.

Study: COVID impairs placenta's immune defense
09/19/2022
Type: YouTube
A new study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows a mother-to-be's COVID-19 infection can impair her placena's immune response, leaving it vulnerable to other...
Novavax vaccine is examined in a lab in Sweden.

Novavax COVID vaccine studied in clinical trial
07/14/2022
Type: YouTube
[July 20 editor's note: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adults.] A protein-based COVID-19 vaccine could soon be available for the...
The CASCADIA study is being conducted by UW Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research (CHR), and Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Study to evaluate COVID-19 vaccines' strength
06/09/2022
Type: YouTube
A new study involving researchers from UW Medicine, Seattle Children's and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, aims to shed light on the spread of COVID-19 in the...
A UW Medicine healthcare worker prepares a dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

FDA authorizes 2nd booster shot for people 50+
03/29/2022
Type: YouTube
The Food and Drug Administration is giving the green light for people ages 50 and older to receive a second booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, or a fourth total dose. The authorization is for an...
Dr. Alex Greninger, of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory.

BA.2 subvariant causing nearly 1 in 4 new COVID cases
03/22/2022
Type: YouTube
A subvariant of omicron responsible for a wave of new COVID-19 cases in parts of Europe and Asia is also gradually spreading in the United States, including in Washington state. The strain known as...
Dr. Alex Greninger, of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory.

Virologists closely monitor emerging omicron variant
01/26/2022
Type: YouTube
A new subvariant of omicron called BA.2 is closely being watched by scientists around the world. Dr. Alex Greninger of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory says the original omicron strain (...
picture of lab technician's hands while processing a patient sample

Fewer inpatients, but clinicians, lab techs on alert
12/10/2021
Type: YouTube
As of Friday, Dec. 10, UW Medicine hospitals were treating 18 inpatients for COVID-19, as systemwide totals this week dropped below 25 for the first time since July. “This number is lower than it's...

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