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Cannabis use disorder can affect adolescents through a persistent desire to use, and prioritizing cannabis ahead of other obligations at work, school, or home.

Adolescents’ cannabis use scrutinized
05/16/2022
Type: YouTube
Researchers are keeping a close eye on a disorder that can develop out of heavy cannabis use, as adolescents gain access to highly potent forms of the drug. According to the most recently published...
Neil King and David Veesler of the UW School of Medicine discuss their efforts in designing a new COVID-19 vaccine.

Global potential in new, clinically tested COVID vaccine
04/25/2022
Type: YouTube
A new COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Washington School of Medicine was shown to be safe and effective during a multinational trial of more than 4,000 adults. "We have been studying...
Mitchell Vollger and Glennis Logsdon of the Eichler Lab at UW Medicine

Historic first: Complete human genome sequenced
03/31/2022
Type: YouTube
Genome scientists within UW Medicine were major contributors to the sequencing of the first complete human genome. "It's been an intense desire to finish it," said Evan Eichler, a professor of genome...
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...
National Institutes of Health File Photo: All of Us staff member places recently collected biosamples in a test tube rack.

Diversity on display with newly released genomic dataset
03/17/2022
Type: YouTube
A diverse, thorough dataset of a nearly 100,000 genome sequences is now available to scientists through the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. UW Medicine’s Northwest...
Children and adolescents have experienced higher rates of sleep disturbances as a group than have healthcare workers and the general population, according to new meta-analysis from throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Another pandemic result: Our sleep is worse
03/16/2022
Type: YouTube
More than 3 in 10 people suffered disrupted or disturbed sleep at some point during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research on the sleep habits of 493,000 people across 49...
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 (...
With the White House making at-home COVID-19 tests available to every American home, a UW Medicine lab medicine expert breaks down when to take this type of test.

Get to know rapid tests before they arrive in the mail
01/18/2022
Type: YouTube
The federal government on Tuesday activated a webpage where Americans can order free at-home COVID-19 tests. The program promises to send four rapid antigen tests to any U.S. household starting later...
According to UW School of Medicine professor Anna Wald, the omicron variant appears to pose an increased chance of infection to people who are boosted, but booster shots still provide vast protection against serious illness or death from the COVID-19 mutation.

Will omicron’s wave usher a new round of boosters?
01/11/2022
Type: YouTube
Data from around the world demonstrate that our COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are up to the test of all known variants of coronavirus, according to an editorial published Jan. 10 by Dr. Anna Wald, a...

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