10/29/2021
Type: YouTube
Halloween is this weekend, and celebrating is encouraged as long as you take steps to keep yourself and others safe. That’s the advice of UW Medicine’s Dr. John Lynch, medical director of infection...
10/27/2021
Type: YouTube
Even after a kidney stone is surgically removed, fragments often linger, and could spell more pain and problems for a patient.
Dr. Mathew Sorensen, a UW Medicine urologist, is targeting the issue...
10/26/2021
Type: YouTube
Research conducted at the University of Washington School of Medicine highlighted a link between increased screen time, diminished physical activity, and the emergence of mental health concerns among...
10/26/2021
Type: YouTube
COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 gained a first round of approval, with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory board voting to recommend a low-dose Pfizer vaccine for...
10/25/2021
Type: YouTube
Antibiotics are now an accepted option for initial treatment of appendicitis in many cases, providing patients with an alternative to surgery.
"I think it's ethical, and it's really critical to give...
10/22/2021
Type: YouTube
Results from a UW Medicine COVID-19 vaccine mix-and-match study were reviewed by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ahead of the group’s decision to authorize mixing and matching of...
10/15/2021
Type: YouTube
Effective Tuesday, Oct. 19, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle will be in the first phase in a program to require all inpatient visitors over age12 and those over 18 accompanying hospital-based...
10/14/2021
Type: YouTube
A UW Medicine study to understand the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is inviting Washington state residents up to age 85 to submit a survey about their exposure during the pandemic.
The WAshington...
10/12/2021
Type: YouTube
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists into a second fall season, rapid diagnostic tests have proliferated. Dr. Geoff Baird, chair of laboratory medicine and pathology at UW Medicine, has a simple formula...
10/08/2021
Type: YouTube
The World Health Organization says a malaria vaccine should be given to children across Africa. The recommendation marks an historic first in the effort to slow the parasitic disease in the...