01/07/2021
A longitudinal study of mild adult cases of COVID-19 showed that a multi-layered immune memory response, specific to the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, could be detected in the study blood for at...
01/04/2021
Giving one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States could curtail the spread of the SARS-CoV-19 in the community more quickly than the recommended two doses, say two...
12/28/2020
UW Medicine investigators are starting volunteer enrollment for an investigational COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial. The Phase III study will examine whether the Novavax vaccine candidate can protect...
12/16/2020
More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue.
And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like...
10/16/2020
Most comprehensive global study—analysing 286 causes of death, 369 diseases and injuries, and 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories—reveals how well the world’s population were prepared...
10/08/2020
Researchers at UW Medicine and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are jointly testing monoclonal antibodies created by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to prevent COVID-19, and are starting to...
10/06/2020
Four faculty members at the University of Washington School of Medicine have received 2020 High-Risk, High Reward research grants, the National Institutes of Health announced today, Oct. 6.
These...
09/25/2020
When COVID-19 hit King County, Washington, the county’s emergency medical services (EMS) immediately implemented procedures to protect its providers. Those protocols were updated as the outbreak...
09/24/2020
A mix of ultrapotent antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients has been shown to recognize and lock down the infection machinery of the pandemic coronavirus and keep it from entering cells. Each...
09/15/2020
Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle and Apple Inc. will launch a study to learn if physiological measurements from Apple Watch, like heart rate or blood oxygen, can be used to detect signs of acute...