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August 3, 2020 Public Health / University of Washington

Lack of Public Data Hampers COVID-19 Fight

“Why can’t we figure out what’s contributing to the recent spread? It is very simple,” says UW epidemiologist Ali Mokdad. “No access to data.”

July 23, 2020 Ethics / Hospitals

How Should Hospitals Ask Patients for Donations?

Hospital fundraising provides critical resources, but a new study looks to ensure it’s done effectively and ethically.

July 17, 2020 Coronavirus / Hospitals / Medical Education

Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

Doctors treating coronavirus patients were supposed to be allowed into the U.S. But hundreds of young doctors have their visas put on hold indefinitely.

July 13, 2020 Coronavirus / Healthcare Providers / University of Washington

Low rate of coronavirus infection among frontline UW Medicine health workers antibody test finds

Only 3% of healthcare workers with direct exposure to COVID-19 patients were found to have antibodies against the virus, less than the general population

July 10, 2020 Coronavirus / Emergency Medicine / Hospitals

‘All the Hospitals Are Full’

On Thursday, 3,812 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the region, including more than 1,000 in intensive care units, a record since the pandemic began.

July 9, 2020 Aging / Nutrition / Research / University of Washington

Dissecting fruit flies’ response to life-extension diet

UW researchers found that levels of metabolites provide a key to understanding why some organisms respond to low-calorie life-extension diets and others do not.

July 6, 2020 Coronavirus / Hospitals / Seniors

What Seniors Should Know Before Going Ahead With Elective Procedures

Patients need to take stock of the precautions providers are taking. This is especially true for older adults, who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.

July 1, 2020 Coronavirus / Hospitals

Internal Messages Reveal Crisis at Houston Hospitals as Coronavirus Cases Surge

At Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Sunday, the medical staff ran out of both space for new coronavirus patients and a key drug needed to treat them

June 18, 2020 Aging / Biotechnology / Research / University of Washington

UW study yields clues to how drug may boost aged mitochondria

Findings may help explain why these energy-producing cellular organelles begin to fail as we age.

June 16, 2020 Coronavirus / University of Washington

Nearly 170,000 COVID-19 deaths in US by Oct. 1, model predicts

Deaths are predicted to remain fairly level through August and begin to rise again in the fourth week of August with a more pronounced increase during September.

Lieutenant (junior grade) Natasha McClinton, a surgical nurse, prepares a patient for a procedure in the intensive care unit aboard the U.S. the hospital ship USNS Comfort. The ship cares for critical and non critical patients without regard to their COVID-19 status. Comfort is working with Javits New York Medical Station as an integrated system to relieve the New York City medical system, in support of U.S. Northern Command's Defense Support of Civil Authorities as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

June 8, 2020 Health Insurance / Health Policy / Hospitals

Rapid Changes To Health System Spurred By COVID Might Be Here To Stay

COVID-19 has done what no president or reformer could have: It forced sudden major changes to the nation’s health system that are unlikely to be reversed.

May 27, 2020 Breast Cancer / Laboratory Medicine / 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.

May 23, 2020 Coronavirus / Research / University of Washington

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.

May 13, 2020 Coronavirus / Occupational Heatlh / University of Washington

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.

May 8, 2020 Coronavirus / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of Washington

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.