UW researchers studying how to make online arguments productive
(University of Washington) University of Washington researchers worked with almost 260 people to understand online disagreements and to develop potential design interventions that could make these discussions more productive and centered around relationship-building. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Pause on J & J Vaccination in U.S. Continues as CDC Committee Asks for More Data
After federal health agencies in the U.S. recommended a temporary halt on using the Johnson & Johnson-Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 14 convened a 13-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review the six reports of unusual blood clots occurring in people vaccinated with the shot. The ACIP sets policies for how any approved or, in the case of COVID-19, authorized, vaccines are to be used—when and how the shots should be given and to which age groups. After the meeting, the CDC said it would continue to recommend the pause. The committ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

PNR Weekly Digest: April 13, 2021
Items regarding COVID-19 information are indicated with an * In the Dragonfly: NLM Awards 2021-2026 Regional Medical Library Cooperative Agreements The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has awarded a new five-year cooperative agreement grant to the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Library to lead the NNLM Regional Medical Library (RML) Region 5 serving a six-state region including Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States. Region 5 is part of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), which will include 7 Regional Medical Libraries (R...
Source: Dragonfly - April 13, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: PNR Weekly Digest Source Type: news

PNR Weekly Digest: April 13, 2021
Items regarding COVID-19 information are indicated with an * In the Dragonfly: NLM Awards 2021-2026 Regional Medical Library Cooperative Agreements The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has awarded a new five-year cooperative agreement grant to the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Library to lead the NNLM Regional Medical Library (RML) Region 5 serving a six-state region including Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States. Region 5 is part of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), which will include 7 Regional Medical Libraries (R...
Source: Dragonfly - April 13, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Carolyn Martin Tags: PNR Weekly Digest Source Type: news

NLM Awards 2021-2026 Regional Medical Library Cooperative Agreements
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has awarded a new five-year cooperative agreement grant to the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Library to lead the NNLM Regional Medical Library (RML) Region 5 serving a six-state region including Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States. Region 5 is part of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), which will include 7 Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs) as of May 1, 2021. The core mission of the NNLM is to improve access to the highest level of evidence-based health information, with an empha...
Source: Dragonfly - April 12, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Cathy Burroughs Tags: News From NNLM PNR Source Type: news

NLM Awards 2021-2026 Regional Medical Library Cooperative Agreements
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has awarded a new five-year cooperative agreement grant to the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Library to lead the NNLM Regional Medical Library (RML) Region 5 serving a six-state region including Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States. Region 5 is part of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM), which will include 7 Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs) as of May 1, 2021. The core mission of the NNLM is to improve access to the highest level of evidence-based health information, with an empha...
Source: Dragonfly - April 12, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Cathy Burroughs Tags: News From NNLM PNR Source Type: news

Can Storytelling Help Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy? Can Storytelling Help Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy?
WebMD ' s Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Vin Gupta, MD, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, about addressing COVID-19 vaccination and treatment hesitancy.WebMD (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Expert Interview Source Type: news

Chronic sinus inflammation appears to alter brain activity
(University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine) The millions of people who have chronic sinusitis deal not only with stuffy noses and headaches, they also commonly struggle to focus and experience depression and other symptoms that implicate the brain's involvement in their illness. New research links sinus inflammation with alterations in brain activity, specifically with the neural networks that modulate cognition, introspection and response to external stimuli. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UW ’s Institute for Protein Design spinout raises $100M for vaccine development
Icosavax Inc., a life sciences spinout from the University of Washington, closed a $100 million Series B financing round, the biotech announced Wednesday. Icosavax, which was formed in 2018 after it emerged from the university’s Institute for Protein Design, makes vaccines using “self-assembling” virus-like particle technology developed at the institute, CEO Adam Simpson said. The company will use the money to support Icosavax’s clinical trials for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 7, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Megan Campbell Source Type: news

UW ’s Institute for Protein Design spinout raises $100M for vaccine development
Icosavax Inc., a life sciences spinout from the University of Washington, closed a $100 million Series B financing round, the biotech announced Wednesday. Icosavax, which was formed in 2018 after it emerged from the university’s Institute for Protein Design, makes vaccines using “self-assembling” virus-like particle technology developed at the institute, CEO Adam Simpson said. The company will use the money to support Icosavax’s clinical trials for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 7, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Megan Campbell Source Type: news

UW spinout Icosavax raises $100M for vaccine development
Icosavax Inc., a life sciences spinout from the University of Washington, closed a $100 million Series B financing round, the biotech announced Wednesday. Icosavax, which was formed in 2018 after it emerged from the university’s Institute for Protein Design, makes vaccines using “self-assembling” virus-like particle technology developed at the institute, CEO Adam Simpson said. The company will use the money to support Icosavax’s clinical trials for its respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 7, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Megan Campbell Source Type: news

Study finds pandemic lockdowns hit women, black, Hispanic and poor Americans hardest
A new study, from the University of Washington and Harvard, for every 10% reduction in mobility due to pandemic lockdowns, there were higher odds of poor outcomes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NIDCR's Spring 2021 E-Newsletter
Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. NIDCR's Spring 2021 E-Newsletter In this issue: NIDCR News Funding Opportunities & Related Notices NIH/HHS News Subscribe to NICDR News Science Advances   Grantee News   NIDCR News NIDCR & NIH Stand Against Structural Racism NIDCR Director Rena D’Souza, DDS, MS, PhD, said in a statement that there is no place for structural racism in biomedical research, echoing remarks from NIH Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, in his announcement of a new NIH initiative—called U...
Source: NIDCR Science News - April 7, 2021 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Perinatal patients, nurses explain how hospital pandemic policies failed them
(University of Washington) With a lethal, airborne virus spreading fast, hospitals had to change how they treated patients and policies for how caregivers provided that treatment. But for maternity patients and nurses some of those changes had negative outcomes, according to a new University of Washington study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

US News Ranks Top Medical School Programs by Specialty US News Ranks Top Medical School Programs by Specialty
The University of Washington in Seattle is the best medical school for primary care, while Harvard ranks number-one in research, according to the magazine ' s latest rankings.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students News Source Type: news