Vax Americana

This UW Doc Was Fired from the CDC’s Vaccine Panel

Helen Chu learned about her termination from an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

08/05/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Well Well Well

Mushrooms May Not Be Magic, but They Could Be Therapeutic

Addiction treatment is very limited. Can a UW study open up new possibilities?

05/30/2024 By Haley Shapley

Essay

The Quiet Part Loud

The toll of my husband's hearing loss can be invisible—even to me. But a new wave of tech could change everything

12/05/2023 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Lincoln Agnew

Coronavirus Chronicles

Long Covid Patients Are Still Seeking Answers 3 Years Later

Seattle researchers join an ambitious study to help Covid long haulers.

03/28/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

Breakthrough Alert

Are We on the Cusp of a Breast Cancer Vaccine?

Scientists at Seattle’s Cancer Vaccine Institute inch closer to a medical moonshot 100 years in the making.

01/23/2023 By Angela Cabotaje

Made in WA

12 of Washington's Most Vital Medical Inventions

The literal and figurative lifesavers.

08/23/2022 Edited by Benjamin Cassidy By Angela Cabotaje and Seattle Met Staff

Coronavirus Chronicles

Forget Boosters—Will You Need an Annual Covid Shot?

Seattle researchers are already studying variant-proof vaccines and other next-generation tools for curbing the coronavirus.

03/08/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Coronavirus Chronicles

Where to Find a Covid PCR Test in King County

For Seattle-area swab seekers.

01/10/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Coronavirus Chronicles

What to Know about the Omicron Variant and Covid Booster Shots

Cue the flaming Elmo gif.

12/06/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Code Blue

The ER Is (Not) the Place to Be This Summer

Fireworks and fingers don’t mix.

07/19/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Feature

A Navy Vet's Indefinite Recovery from Long Covid

Following multiple brushes with death and a monthslong hospital stay, an Oak Harbor man returned home. But his rehabilitation continues.

09/21/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy Photography by Carson Artac

Essential Work

How Seattle Copes: Estela Tabangcura Keeps Patients' Rooms Clean

The hospital housekeeper works every single day to ensure UW Medicine and Virginia Mason stay as sanitary as possible.

04/23/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

HEALTH CARE HEROES

How UW’s Virology Lab Helped Forge the Nation’s Covid-19 Testing

The University of Washington Virology Lab churned out thousands of results that informed public health measures well beyond Washington’s borders.

04/10/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

EVERYBODY GONNA SHINE

Lizzo Gave UW Emergency Room Workers the Whole Damn Meal

The "Truth Hurts" singer donated lunches to emergency room staff nationwide. That's the goddess in her.

03/31/2020 By Zoe Sayler

News Wire

We May Finally Have a Grip on Coronavirus Testing in Seattle

After weeks of frustration and red tape, King County may be ready to take on the coronavirus.

03/06/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

UW Medicine

Slide Show: UW Medicine

Saturday night, Oct. 10, 2015, the UW Medicine community came together to raise more than $9.25 million towards the new UW Medicine Sports Health and Safety Institute at Harborview Medical Center.

10/11/2015