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...
04/25/2022
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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...
03/31/2022
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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...
03/29/2022
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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...
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...
03/17/2022
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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...
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...
01/26/2022
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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 (...
01/18/2022
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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...
01/11/2022
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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...