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July 6, 2023
Updated masking policy for healthcare workers (Message to UW Medicine employees)
Based on current levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, and subject to some exceptions, masking will no longer be required in all public and clinical settings as of Monday, July 10. Healthcare workers are required to wear a mask in higher risk spaces and with specific patient populations as well as when requested to by a patient, or when a patient is wearing one. The masking policy is subject to change if there are signs of increased COVID-19 or other respiratory illness activity in the community.
June 22, 2022
COVID-19 vaccine availability for children ages 6 months through 4 years (Message to UW Medicine patients)
We are pleased to report that children under 5, as young as six months, are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine following recent authorizations from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
May 25, 2022
Children ages 5 to 11 now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine booster (Message to UW Medicine patients)
Based on updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), UW Medicine is now providing a single booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all children ages 5 to 11 who have completed their primary, two-dose series at least five months prior.
January 6, 2022
Pfizer vaccine boosters available for 12- to 15-year-olds (Message to UW Medicine patients)
Based on updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), UW Medicine is now providing booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all patients 12 years of age and older who completed their primary Pfizer vaccine series at least five months previously.
October 29, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine waitlist now open for children ages 5 to 11
UW Medicine is pleased to announce that it has opened a COVID-19 vaccine appointment waitlist for children ages 5 to 11 in anticipation of new recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) next week.
May 12, 2021
Safe return to campus: Presidential town hall
President Ana Mari Cauce hosted a virtual town hall on May 12 for the UW community of students, families, faculty and staff to discuss the safe return to in-person learning in the fall.
May 7, 2021
Vaccine appointments at UW Medicine now available (Message to Seattle campus)
This message is being sent to students, faculty, staff and academic personnel on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, with the exception of UW Medicine clinical personnel and School of Medicine employees who received it previously. Dear UW Employees and Students: We are pleased to inform you that UW Medicine no longer has a waitlist…
September 23, 2020
Resources and support for caregivers (Message to employees)
In addition to highlighting several resources for caregivers, we ask everyone at the University to provide as much support, compassion and understanding as they can to those with caregiving responsibilities
July 10, 2020
Back-to-School Town Hall
President Ana Mari Cauce hosted a virtual town hall on Friday, July 10, with a panel of UW leaders to address these questions and offer a preview of what back-to-school will mean for the UW community.
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 town hall
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have upended lives and disrupted operations across the University of Washington. President Ana Mari Cauce hosted a virtual town hall on May 1 with a panel of UW leaders to address questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our community and what the future holds. Download transcript…
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