coronavirus

An illustration of the widespread anguish that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused.
May 12, 2022

1 million U.S. COVID deaths 'a real underestimate’

President Biden reflected today on the sobering U.S. milestone of 1 million COVID-19 deaths. The CDC's official count has the U.S.

picture of members of the Pepper Lab at the University of Washington School of Medicine
March 23, 2022

Improved cell response seen with ‘hybrid’ immunity

A distinct immune response is observed in people who had COVID-19 and then got vaccinated.

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Children of UW Medicine employees received their initial COVID-19 vaccinations at an event in Shoreline, WA on Nov. 3, 2021.
February 25, 2022

Vaccines can keep kids in school after mask mandate lifts

As COVID-19 restrictions start to lift in Washington state, the latest data reveals that many children still need to be vaccinated.

Graphic showing how number of exposures to pandemic coronavirus spike protein influences degree of antibody response,
January 20, 2022

Breakthrough infections spur strong antibody responses 

People vaccinated three times or vaccinated after an earlier COVID-19 infection had comparable neutralizing antibody activity to those with a breakthrough case.

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illustration of antibody binding to SARS-CoV-2 human receptor protein
January 7, 2022

Antibody that inhibits broad range of sarbecoviruses found

The antibody closely mimics the binding site that the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses to infect cells, and seemingly thwarts invasion via mutation.

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Computer analysis of virus function
September 23, 2021

Howard Hughes Medical Institute names new investigators

A UW Medicine coronavirus scientist and two computational biologists at Fred Hutch are joining the HHMI research community.

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picture of South King County Fire and Rescue paramedics training to care for a patient that may have COVID-19
August 30, 2021

Study: low risk of EMS staff getting COVID from patients

Emergency medical responders' training and use of personal protective equipment is credited for low rate of on-the-job infection.

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Cryo electron microscope at UW Medicine for molecular structure studies
August 5, 2021

Antibody findings spark ideas for pan-coronavirus vaccine

Data on rare human antibody against several related viruses might aid design of broadly protective beta-coronavirus vaccine.

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lead researchers on study of Epsilon coronavirus variant from Veesler lab
July 2, 2021

Epsilon variant mutations help spur COVID immune evasion

Studies reveal unprecedented mechanism behind loss of antibody neutralization against this pandemic coronavirus variant of concern.

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picture in The Wall Street Journal of UW Medicine nurse
July 1, 2020

How UW Medicine responded to the pandemic

[See video resource at bottom of page.]

At the end of 2019, Chinese health officials confirmed they were treating dozens of pneumonia cases with an unknown cause. It was a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

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