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...
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...
03/11/2022
Type: YouTube
[April 8, 2022: Editor's note: Language has been updated below to more directly reflect the findings as reported in the study.]
UW researchers recently found that gender-affirming care for...
03/04/2022
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine's clinical facilities will continue to require visitors to wear a surgical mask, undergo COVID-19 screening, and provide proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test beyond...
03/03/2022
Type: YouTube
As war is waged across Ukraine, a UW Medicine specialist with international disaster-response experience says the conflict creates a healthcare scarcity that reverberates far beyond front lines.
“War...
02/25/2022
Type: YouTube
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new community level guidelines on Friday, which include calling for easing of indoor masking in locations where COVID-19 transmission is low....
02/25/2022
Type: YouTube
As COVID-19 restrictions start to lift in Washington state, the latest data reveals that many children still need to be vaccinated. According to the Washington State Department of Health, less than...
02/23/2022
Type: YouTube
New pain-treatment guidelines proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include eliminating recommended dose limits for some patients who suffer from chronic pain. The guidelines...
02/18/2022
Type: YouTube
The King County Board of Health this week repealed a longstanding law requiring bicycle riders to wear a helmet. The panel based its decision on data that showed enforcement of the law to be racist...
02/16/2022
Type: YouTube
Today fewer than 50 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19 across UW Medicine’s four hospital campuses. This is down from a pandemic high of 204 in January. Yet hospitals are brimming with...