Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering revising their COVID-19 guidelines to recommend that even fully vaccinated individuals wear masks in public. Fauci, the nation’s senior government infectious disease official, told CNN’s State of the Union that he had participated in talks about changing the policy, which he … Read more
Fred Hutch computer biologist Robert Bradley. (Fred Hutch photo) Experimental compounds that alter RNA increase the effectiveness of immunotherapeutic drugs against cancer cells and could potentially extend their use to more patients, suggests a study in mice at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Immunotherapeutic agents called checkpoint inhibitors, which induce the immune system to … Read more
Connie Celum, UW Professor of Public Health (University of Washington Photo) University of Washington researchers will test a monthly pill to help prevent HIV in women, with a new $ 122 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant is one of the first to emerge from the Gates Foundation since Bill … Read more
The technical terms with the highest above-average usage in job advertisements in each state. (Canva graphic) A new study of the use of technical jargon in job advertisements has identified the worst culprits in the United States. And we would like to speak to Washington State. According to an analysis by Canva, maker of online … Read more
Researchers can monitor the health of turtles with the help of boykin spaniels, which spy out ornate box turtles hiding in the grasslands. They say the turtles are guardians of environmental and ecosystem health, which also affect humans. (10th of May)
Anthony Jackson, Safety Coordinator for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, received a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on January 19 at a new vaccination clinic on the Fred Hutch campus. (Courtesy photo by Fred Hutch / Robert Hood) With data showing racial disparities in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a new study found … Read more