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- Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids 12 to 15 expected to be authorized | KUOW1 day ago
Cynthia Dold, associate vice president of clinical operations at UW Medicine, says that UW Medicine will be ready to vaccinate kids 12 and older, either by appointment or as walk-ins at their clinics. - New vaccine clinics aimed at college students and young adults | KIRO 71 day ago
KIRO 7 talks to UW students Alex Baker, Hameir Wright, Anna Wright and Grant Irving, who went to a vaccine clinic in the UW's Alder Hall. - Seattle police want 'clarity' from UW after confusion over domestic violence case | Q131 day ago
The Seattle Police Department is seeking to clarify its relationship with the University of Washington after asking campus police to help locate a woman accused of making violent, racist threats against her former boyfriend. University of Washington Interim Police Chief Randall West, UW Vice President for Student Life Dr. Denzil J. Suite, UW President Ana Mari Cauce, and the UW Black Student Union are mentioned. - Are you taking a med that's raising your blood pressure? | HealthDay1 day ago
Nearly one in five Americans with high blood pressure use medications that can cause blood pressure to spike, a preliminary study shows. Dr. Eugene Yang, clinical professor of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted. - COVID-19 deaths may be more than double the official total | Vox1 day ago
The world may have undercounted Covid-19 deaths by a staggering margin, according to an analysis released Thursday by the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The actual count may actually be 6.9 million deaths, more than double official tolls. Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the institute, is quoted. - Mexico’s Covid death toll estimated at 600,000, new study finds | NBC News1 day ago
The coronavirus has killed over 600,000 people in Mexico, according to health researchers who found that the Latin American nation's Covid-19 death toll is almost three times higher than the official total. Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, is quoted. - How using videos at Chauvin trial and others impacts criminal justice | NPR1 day ago
As the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd approaches, one thing is certain: the protests and court proceedings after his murder in Minneapolis might never have happened without a bystander's video. Videos of many incidents across this country, are transforming law enforcement — from police training to prosecutions. It's a change that's been three decades in the making. Mary Fan, professor of law at the UW, is interviewed. - Asian scientists are rethinking the American dream | Chemical & Engineering News1 day ago
Long a cornerstone of U.S. chemistry, Asian faculty and students are pondering their future in the US in the wake of physical and verbal attacks and government targeting of scientists who collaborate with China. Christine Keiko Luscombe, professor of materials science and engineering at the UW, is quoted. - Can a patient ask whether the health care workers they see are vaccinated against COVID — and do they have to answer? | The Seattle Times1 day ago
As more people are vaccinated and once again going to hospitals and clinics for checkups after many routine interactions were pushed online the past year, there is one question patients want to know: Has my health care provider been vaccinated against COVID-19? UW Medicine spokesperson Susan Gregg is quoted. - New study says US COVID-19 death toll is actually 900,000, far higher than reported | Slate1 day ago
It’s always been near certain that the U.S., along with every other nation, has severely undercounted the number of coronavirus cases and deaths attributed to the virus. A new analysis by researchers at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation puts the death toll in the U.S. at 905,000 deaths, far higher than than currently reported deaths. - How to make sure your kid isn’t a superspreader | FiveThirtyEight1 day ago
We don't know when younger kids will get the COVID-19 vaccine. But the problem is bigger than just whether the kids are all right. What about the people they could potentially spread COVID-19 to? Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, is interviewed on "Podcast-19." - Herd immunity illusive as vaccines, prior infections drive down US coronavirus cases | US News1 day ago
The growing number of Americans protected from COVID-19 has returned focus to the idea of ‘herd immunity’ – a term some experts want to cast aside. Dr. Theo Vos, professor of health metrics sciences at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, is quoted. - For a father and son, border separation is distance too far | Los Angeles Times1 day ago
In 2019, federal agents took Carlos Rivera away in handcuffs when he strayed across the U.S.-Canada border, even though he says they could see his 7-year-old son waiting for him with a friend on the Canadian side. The UW's Angelina Godoy, professor of law, societies and justice and of international studies and director of the Center for Human Rights, is quoted. - US coronavirus: Forecast predicts 185 million people vaccinated by September | CNN1 day ago
The US will likely reach its Covid-19 vaccination goals for the summer, but vaccine hesitancy and variants could still cause a surge in the winter, an influential model predicted Thursday. A report by the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is quoted. - Capitol police condemned by US states for January attack failures, emails show | The Guardian1 day ago
A January meeting of mayors and police chiefs of large American cities criticized “failed leadership by Capitol police and a failure to plan” over the rightwing insurrection in Washington on 6 January, according to emails reviewed by the Guardian. UW Police Department detective Stefan Pentcholov is quoted. - In COVID-19 vaccine data, LGBTQ people fear invisibility | The New York Times1 day ago
Few states collect sexual orientation or gender identity data, so no one knows how many people in some communities are getting vaccinated. Meghan Romanelli, assistant professor of social work at the UW, is quoted. - Asian American health workers fight virus and racist attacks | Associated Press2 days ago
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have faced a tide of harassment and attacks in many settings during the pandemic. But those in health care are feeling the particular, jarring anguish of being racially targeted because of the virus while toiling to keep people from dying of it. Dr. Amy Zhang, a resident physician at UW Medicine, is quoted. - UW researchers say the number of global deaths is double what's been reported | KIRO Radio2 days ago
Dr. Christopher Murray, director of the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, says COVID-19 will rival the Spanish flu at the global level before we see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Lebanese American epidemiologist visits family back home | Public Radio International2 days ago
Ali Mokdad, professor of health metrics sciences at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, has made headlines with his research on the coronavirus pandemic. Mokdad is interviewed about what it was like to finally be able to visit his mother and relatives in Lebanon for the first time since the pandemic began. - Family of 7 received first vaccine shot but still contracted COVID-19 | KOMO 42 days ago
Even though getting the first COVID-19 vaccine shot can feel liberating, doctors warn that the risk remains of contracting coronavirus before all of the antibodies develop in the patient's body. Dr. Paul Pottinger, professor of medicine in the UW School of Medicine, and Dr. Theo Vos, professor of health metrics sciences at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, are interviewed.
