Category: University of Washington
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.
‘My first question every time I see a new patient now is: Could this be COVID-19?’ A Seattle doctor on the frontlines.
A Seattle doctor on the frontlines Nicholas Johnson, University of Washington Inside, as usual, patient beds are near capacity, and the emergency department is filled with not only the usual mix of patients with trauma, stroke, chest pain and other…
UW launches website and donation center to support COVID-19 response
UW Medicine is collecting in-kind donations for items specifically needed to respond to the COVID-19 to help patients and the medical teams caring for them.
New effort to track coronavirus in region launched
UW’s Seattle Flu Study will partner with Public Health — Seattle & King County to launch the greater Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network—or SCAN for short.
How Intrepid Seattle Lab Sleuths Ramped Up Tests As Coronavirus Closed In
While officials in Washington, D.C., grappled with delays and red tape, two Univeristy of Washington virus hunters raced to make thousands of tests available.
Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths worldwide, UW researchers say
Twice as many people as previously believed are dying of sepsis worldwide.
Today’s stories in the news
Swedish/Providence nurses plan strike; Northwest Hospital changes name; Geriatrician shortage looms; Toddlers eating vaping liquids; Vegans have worse hangovers.
Northwest Hospital becomes “UW Medical Center – Northwest”
Northwest Hospital will become a second campus of University of Washington Medical Center. UW Medical Center will be “UW Medical Center – Montlake.”
Researchers create protein switch that allows unprecedented control over cells function
Scientists have created the first completely artificial protein switch that can work inside living cells to modify—or even commandeer—the cell’s complex internal circuitry. The switch is dubbed “LOCKR,” short for Latching, Orthogonal Cage/Key pRotein. Companion papers published July 24 in…