COVID-19

A family reunites on a beach.
June 22, 2022

6 tips for healthy summer travel

With summer travel on pace to return to pre-pandemic levels this year, Dr.

The CASCADIA study is being conducted by UW Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research (CHR), and Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
June 9, 2022

Study to evaluate COVID-19 vaccines' strength

A new study involving researchers from UW Medicine, Seattle Children's and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, aims to shed light on the spread of COVID-19 in the region and how well vaccines protect against the

Philip von Ditfurth/Getty Images - Tablets of the Paxlovid drug are packaged in a Pfizer facility in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany on May 24, 2022.
May 31, 2022

Paxlovid? Evusheld? Discussing COVID therapeutics

Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says emerging prescription therapeutics are available for high-risk people to treat or prevent  COVID-19.

A colorized image of the monkeypox virus provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
May 27, 2022

How monkeypox compares with familiar viruses

Michael Gale Jr. says monkeypox deserves as much caution as the United States gave smallpox in generations past, albeit with the knowledge tha

Children ages 5-11 are the latest group to become eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, following approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 19.
May 20, 2022

Booster COVID shots now available for kids ages 5-11

Children ages 5-11 are the latest group to become eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, following approval from the Centers for Disease Co

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.

A UW Medicine healthcare worker prepares a dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
March 29, 2022

FDA authorizes 2nd booster shot for people 50+

The Food and Drug Administration is giving the green light for people ages 50 and older to receive a second booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, or a fourth total dose.

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.

picture of boy holding soccer ball outside of locked field
March 16, 2022

New advice on young athletes’ post-COVID return to play

Tests for myocarditis should be done only if cardiac symptoms exist, says a sports-medicine specialist who co-wrote the guidance.

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picture of nurses tending to patients with COVID-19 in Kenya
April 25, 2022

Ethicists appeal for a more global COVID-19 care model

If medication supplies dwindle, hospitals worldwide should prioritize health equity and people at greatest risk, a new paper argues.

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