Category: University of Washington
At-home screening for ovarian, breast cancers is effective, UW-led study finds
The results indicate that at-home testing is a viable option for women to find out whether they have a propensity for these cancers.
Remdesivir speeds recovery in cases of severe COVID-19
Patients and staff at UW Medical Center participated in the international trial, which has ended. Preliminary findings were published Friday.
UW Hospital Workers Complain of Minimal Disclosure After COVID Exposures
Workers at the University of Washington Medical Center are complaining hospital authorities are not notifying them when they may have been exposed on the job.
Positive COVID-19 tests decline in Seattle, state, UW study finds
Early and aggressive physical distancing measures enacted in Washington state appear to have blunted the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, the study suggests.
How scientists use the SARS-CoV-2 genome to track the virus
The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track where it’s been
UW seeks volunteers to study COVID-19 treatments
UW Medicine is enrolling outpatients with COVID-19 for trial of two drug regimens – hydroxychloroquine and hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin.
A short primer on coronavirus biology
A virologist from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle explains viral pandemics and COVID-19,
UW Medicine recruiting for app to predict next outbreak
The phone app could diagnose illness sooner, preventing members of the military and civilians who are ill from returning to work or school too soon.
UW seeks $50m in private donations for COVID-19 response
UW Medicine estimates it will need a total of $50 million in private philanthropy for its Emergency Response Fund to support these critical priorities:
Mortality rate among severely ill COVID-19 patients high, UW study finds
Care required an average of 10 days on a ventilator, still half of patients died.
Plasma donors sought among recovered COVID-19 patients
UW Medicine and Bloodworks Northwest are seeking volunteers who have recovered from confirmed COVID-19 infection to be considered for donation of plasma.
UW researchers need your (digital) coughs
Researchers are training an app to recognize coughs, so they need volunteers who can complete a quick 15-minute survey to submit coughs and other sounds.
UW study to ask: Does antimalarial drug prevent COVID-19?
Researchers are investigating whether hydroxychloroquine, a commonly used anti-malarial and autoimmune-disease treatment, can prevent COVID-19.
US Hospitals Could Be Overwhelmed in the Second Week of April, US Deaths Could Total 81,000 by July
The analysis estimates that over the next four months between 38,000 and 162,000 will die in the U.S., more than 1,400 in Washington state.