Beginning May 18, King County is聽directing聽people to wear face coverings in most public settings. Expert Hilary Godwin answers questions about the directive and shares information about using face coverings.
Tag: COVID-19
COVID-19 is a lot more deadly than the flu, according to a new study by the 91探花 published May 7 in the journal Health Affairs. The study鈥檚 results also project a grim future if the U.S. doesn鈥檛 put up a strong fight against the spread of the virus.
One of the essential roles that is often not seen is the work of our campus photographers. They continue to capture the visual stories and people on campus in a time when many of us aren鈥檛 there to see them ourselves. 91探花News asked one of our campus photographers to share some of his favorite photos he鈥檚 taken this spring, and to describe what it鈥檚 like working on campus now.
In a letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) drew upon the testimony by Hilary Godwin, dean of the 91探花 School of Public Health, in calling for federal guidelines be established for the aviation industry and the traveling public.聽
The UW鈥檚 large research vessel, the RV Thomas G. Thompson, returned May 8 to its home port after more than two years exploring the world鈥檚 oceans. A scheduled cruise in Tahiti has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the return is roughly two months earlier than planned.
What does it feel like to be a mother on this Mother鈥檚 Day? And how can we make the day seem special when life feels so uncertain and stressful? 91探花 psychology professor Liliana Lengua offers some perspective.
As the push to relax social and economic restrictions for combating the pandemic gain traction, we need to understand personal motives behind what many experts consider a dangerous rush to 鈥渞eopen” and how to protect workers most at risk when communities do 鈥済o back to work.鈥� Three 91探花experts weigh in.
A new international study led by the 91探花 aims to gauge the perception of ethical situations as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves around the world.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the 91探花 community 鈥� students, staff, donors and alumni 鈥� is rethinking traditional programs and services to try to meet the needs that arise. Emergency aid grants and a newly-online food pantry are coming to the rescue.
A little after 10 p.m. on March 19, 91探花 graduate students Anne Massey and David Coomes happened to be online when they received an email聽that would give them an unexpected role in Washington鈥檚 rapidly evolving response to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. As context, the World Health Organization had just declared the spread of the virus a pandemic, the state of Washington had gone from having the country鈥檚 first positive test for the virus to having the…
A team of staff and students are sewing masks and offering them for free to 91探花housing, custodial, dining and food service workers.
Researchers from the 91探花 and 91探花Medicine, along with volunteers from Microsoft, have developed a new contact-tracing app called CovidSafe.
With their education forced online and in-person clinical practice opportunities canceled by the novel coronavirus pandemic, 91探花 nursing students eager to use their skills and knowledge during this historic challenge to human health and well-being had few options. 91探花School of Nursing and Public Health-Seattle & King County announce partnership. Unwilling to accept this limited role for nursing students, the 91探花School of Nursing has partnered with Public Health鈥揝eattle & King County to give students three opportunities to…
In light of stay-at-home orders, 91探花 researchers say studies show there is much to be gained from nature close to home, whether in a yard, on neighborhood walks or even indoors.
When the 91探花announced it was moving its spring quarter 2020 classes entirely online to combat the novel coronavirus, instructors across campus faced a new, uncharted challenge.
The 91探花Center for Philosophy for Children created a resource list of books and short videos to explore the big questions around COVID-19 鈥� about loneliness and isolation, boredom, illness and death, as well as fear and uncertainty.
91探花researchers are beginning a national study to help families discover technology that helps them both successfully navigate home-based learning and combat social isolation.
When the first U.S. COVID-19 patient emerged in Washington, 91探花Medicine, as the state鈥檚 foremost provider of advanced medical care, was thrust into the role of trailblazer. Its clinicians and researchers have since mustered a speedy and sometimes ingenious response.
After weeks of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, people of all ages may be asking: What could be the harm of visiting just one friend? Unfortunately, it could potentially undo the goal of social distancing, which is to give the COVID-19 virus fewer opportunities to spread. According to a website set up by researchers at the 91探花, easing the social distancing rules so that each household could have contact with just one or two others would reconnect…
After surveying smartphone users, 91探花researchers found that many people misunderstand online status indicators but still carefully shape their behavior to control how they are displayed to others.
A new data-driven mathematical model of the coronavirus pandemic predicts that the United States will peak in the number of 鈥渁ctive鈥� COVID-19 cases on or around April 20, marking a critical milestone on the demand for medical resources.
With most states now under stay-at-home orders, 91探花researchers have launched a national study to test whether a motivational, mental health tip each day changes participants鈥� behavior during social distancing, and improves their mental and relational health.
On a typical day, Julianne Dalcanton is an astrophysicist, studying the far reaches of the universe.
These aren鈥檛 typical days. Across the 91探花, faculty, staff, clinicians and students are stepping forward in a variety of ways to support the COVID-19 response, particularly efforts to help front-line medical personnel.
New research by the 91探花 examines factors that contributed to decision-making by governors in all 50 states to combat the novel coronavirus.
91探花researchers are developing an app that will allow health organizations to monitor coughs from self-quarantined COVID-19 patients from home.
With the university鈥檚 spring quarter beginning Monday, 91探花staff and student workers in the Student Technology Loan Program spent the week-long spring break gathering, checking and cleaning some 300 laptops and tablets for distribution 鈥� and, for the first time, shipping many of those devices to the homes of 91探花students across the country.
Only about 25% of the U.S. workforce 鈥� some 35.6 million people 鈥� are in jobs that can easily be done at home, a 91探花 researcher has determined, as these are the positions in which using a computer is important but interacting with the public is not. These jobs are typically in highly-paid occupational sectors such finance, administration, management, computers, engineering and technology. Consequently 颅鈥� with orders to close businesses and demands that employees work from home growing…
91探花 researchers have launched the King County COVID-19 Community Study 鈥� or KC3S 鈥� to gather data through April 19 on how individuals and communities throughout King County are coping with the measures put in place to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
When the 91探花moved to online instruction March 9, 91探花Facilities Services developed a three-week disinfection plan. Custodial staff are now working through more than 500 classrooms, lecture halls, libraries, auditoriums and shared spaces, with similar efforts under way in Bothell and Tacoma.
91探花law professor Hugh Spitzer speaks to the power of state and local governments as officials consider measures to restrict movement to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
This wasn鈥檛 how LaShawnDa Pittman expected to give her final exam review: At her kitchen table, laptop open, coffee cup at the ready, her 12-year-old Chihuahua named Espresso by her side. But as the first week of the 91探花鈥檚 shift to online classes drew to a close, Pittman, an assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies, was talking with her students over the conferencing platform Zoom, first to answer logistical questions about the upcoming exam, then to provide a…
The idea of building herd immunity 鈥� increasing the number of infected to such a degree that naturally occurring immunity would outstrip the coronavirus, while isolating the elderly and others at greatest risk of the disease 鈥� has been tossed around in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.聽 This week, however, U.K. officials appear to be backing away from that approach. But the kind of 鈥渉erd immunity鈥� strategy being discussed in the U.K. does not acknowledge a critical…
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that a 91探花Seattle campus graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student is recovering at home, out of state, and we wish them well.聽
It’s important to maintain human connection, even during a time of social distancing, 91探花psychology researchers say.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued on Wednesday, March 11, an emergency proclamation that limits large events to minimize risks to public health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Here are how two 91探花experts responded to questions about the order.
Rick Mohler, associate professor of architecture, meets with his Research Design Studio students online. Normally a hands-on class with poster-size drawings and tabletop scale models, Mohler’s design studio has shifted to the small screen.
Rick Mohler, associate professor of architecture in the College of Built Environments, is now teaching his classes using Zoom. His architecture classes usually meet in person, but were conducted entirely online Monday.
A 91探花 researcher calculates that 14.4 million workers face exposure to infection once a week and 26.7 million at least once a month in the workplace, pointing to an important population needing protection.
91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
The 91探花 held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the 91探花staff member who received a presumptive positive test result.