09/21/2023
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Infectious disease specialist Dr. Helen Chu anticipates the upcoming viral season will include a jump in illnesses caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the flu, and COVID-19.
“We expect that...
09/11/2023
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Anytime between now and mid-October is an ideal time to receive this year’s flu vaccine to be ahead of an expected rise in transmission this fall, said Dr. John Lynch, a UW Medicine infectious...
04/26/2023
Type: YouTube
[9:15 a.m. April 28: Editor's note — This original post inaccurately stated that the variant XBB.1.16 had not been detected locally by UW Medicine's Virology Laboratory. In fact, that variant had ...
03/29/2023
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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....
03/10/2023
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Outbreaks of norovirus and Shigella often make headlines due to how quickly they can spread in communities. UW Medicine's Dr. Ferric Fang says these separate infections can feel similar if you become...
02/03/2023
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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...
01/23/2023
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Dr. Michael Gravett, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, encourages women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant to also consider...
01/06/2023
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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...
12/15/2022
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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. ...
12/08/2022
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Flu-related hospitalizations are higher so far this year than during every previous season to this point since 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Adults 65 and...