COVID-19 variants

Regional airport photo
June 22, 2023

Going on a trip? A COVID booster could be part of your plans

Q & A with UW Medicine experts in immunology and microbiology offers a summer outlook on COVID protection.

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First lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden greet first lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska on July 19 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
July 21, 2022

Infectious-diseases doc comments on Biden’s diagnosis

Dr.

Donning infection protective gear at a UW Medicine hospital
July 15, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalized patients now match winter levels

New surge of BA.5 COVID-19 seen nationally now seen here in cases, hospitalizations 

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a child receives a COVID-19 vaccination
June 9, 2022

PNW study to assess COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness

Researchers seek to recruit 3,500 children and adults to assess how well vaccines protect against COVID-19 infection.

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Dr. Alex Greninger, of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory.
March 22, 2022

BA.2 subvariant causing nearly 1 in 4 new COVID cases

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.

Dr. Alex Greninger, of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory.
January 26, 2022

Virologists closely monitor emerging omicron variant

A new subvariant of omicron called BA.2 is closely being watched by scientists around the world. Dr.

Genomic sequencing is performed on positive COVID-19 test samples in the UW Medicine Virology Laboratory.
December 1, 2021

Virology lab is on close watch for omicron

Researchers at UW Medicine’s Virology Laboratory think the omicron variant of COVID-19 will inevitably be detected locally.

This test kit can detect COVID-19 variants in approximately two hours.
September 21, 2021

New method speeds variant tracking from weeks to hours

UW School of Medicine Microbiology Professor Evgeni Sokurenko is drawing a line in the efforts to identify and track variants of the COVID-19 virus.

The delta variant spreads more quickly - among people and within a patients system - compared to COVID-19 variants to come before it.
July 28, 2021

Delta variant’s agility is unmatched, but not invincible

The delta variant is driving COVID-19's surge in Washington and nationwide.

The UW Medicine Virology Research Clinic is one of 12 sites in the country launching an NIH-sponsored trial for COVID-19 booster doses.
July 12, 2021

Trial aims to answer COVID-19 booster shot questions

UW Medicine is launching a trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses. 

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