02/26/2021
A subset of patient coronavirus test samples, collected since November in six U.S. states, showed an increasing number of amino acid mutations in a region that helps the virus bind to host cells. ...
02/19/2021
Women of minority races and ethnicities and with less education and income have had relatively lower access to 3D mammography, a technology that can improve breast cancer detection and decrease false...
11/18/2020
Type: YouTube
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seattle Marathon, like many other races, won't take place in person this year. But if you plan to run 26.2 miles in a virtual event, be mindful that medical...
11/02/2020
UW Medicine announced today, Nov. 2, 2020, that Paul Hayes, RN, CEO of Harborview Medical Center, will retire from his position on Dec. 4.
Sommer Kleweno-Walley, senior associate administrator at...
10/28/2020
A major scientific effort is underway to characterize the proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid to improve diagnostics and clinical monitoring assays, and discover potential therapies, for Alzheimer’s...
08/26/2020
A Phase 1 patient trial of the novel, oral therapy candidate, alpha-TEA, for advanced HER2 positive breast cancer is now underway. Veana Therpeutics, Inc., and UW Medicine will collaborate on the...
08/25/2020
Type: YouTube
Although most youth sports are on hold because of COVID-19, families with athletes that play on teams may be wondering if it's possible to practice safely.
Dr. Jonathan Drezner, director of UW...
08/25/2020
As many schools go online-only and cancel fall sports, this doesn’t mean youth sports and practices are a no-show come September.
“Right now in King County, we don’t have the public health approval...
08/04/2020
A team of researchers has developed a new vaccine design strategy that could confer improved immunity against certain viruses, including those that cause AIDS, the flu, and COVID-19. Using this...
07/28/2020
A new comparison of two breast-screening technologies has found that, for most women, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT, also called 3D mammography) is superior to digital mammography for cancer...