11/17/2020
Type: YouTube
The idea of robot companions for older adults is considered "unseemly and unthinkable," says Nancy Jecker, a professor of bioethics and humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine...
11/17/2020
Type: YouTube
The incidence of colon cancer for those under age 50 is rising. That's why the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published a draft recommendation to begin colorectal cancer screenings at age 45,...
11/10/2020
Type: YouTube
[Editor's note: This segment was published before Gov. Jay Inslee announced Washington state's newest COVID-19 restrictions, which took affect at 12:01 a.m. today, Nov. 18, 2020.]
Should I travel...
11/09/2020
Type: YouTube
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek died on Sunday, well over a year after he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. Dr. Andrew Coveler, an oncologist with UW Medicine and...
11/02/2020
Type: YouTube
This year, with COVID-19 and the swooning economy, people are grappling with a lot more uncertainty. Add to that a contentious election whose outcome may not be known right away and the coming winter...
10/29/2020
Type: YouTube
The UW Medicine Virology Lab has hit a major milestone. On Tuesday night, they tested their millionth COVID-19 sample since the pandemic began in March. Most samples have been negative for the virus...
10/27/2020
Type: YouTube
"Can we go trick-or-treating this year?" Dr. Gaetan Habekoss, chief of the UW Neighborhood Ravenna Clinic, says he's been getting the question a lot.
The house-to-house candy-gathering activity is...
10/26/2020
Type: YouTube
Every year, nearly a half-million people are hospitalized with influenza. UW Medicine set up a vaccination program for people with higher-than-normal risk for flu and who seek care at hospitals' ...
10/23/2020
Type: YouTube
Harborview Medical Center has set up a voter registration kiosk it its emergency department. Harborview, located near downtown Seattle, has a mission to care for underserved and vulnerable...
10/20/2020
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine was one of the first healthcare teams that mobilized efforts to test King County's vulnerable populations for the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 mobile testing program began in the...