KPWHRI in the Media
News media often cover Kaiser Permanente Washington research.
Here are selected mentions.
2021
January 1–31
The story behind the NIH-Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Lisa Jackson, MD, MPH, discusses the phase 1 clinical trial at KPWHRI that was the first to test a COVID-19 vaccine. This is part of a larger article detailing the scientific research and federal leadership involved in the successful effort to create the vaccine.
- USA Today, Jan. 26, 2021
Luck, foresight, and science: How an unheralded team developed a COVID-19 vaccine in record time
COVID-safe exercise ideas for older adults this winter
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Dori Rosenberg, PhD, MPH, co-authored this article offering guidance to older adults for exercise, both indoors and outdoors, during winter months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was re-published on the KPWHRI website.
- The Society of Behavioral Medicine, Jan. 25, 2021
COVID-safe winter physical activity ideas: A special focus on older adults
Association of the intensity of diagnostic evaluation with outcomes in incidentally detected lung nodules
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Diana Buist, PhD, MPH, is senior author of a JAMA Internal Medicine article that is summarized in this twice-weekly trade newsletter.
- The Imaging Wire, Jan. 21, 2021
Lung incidentals & low-value diagnostics
Flu shot Q&A: Does COVID-19 change our approach?
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Michael Jackson, PhD, MPH, is interviewed about the 2020-21 influenza season.
- Verywell Health, Jan. 13, 2021
Flu rates plummet in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic
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KPWHRI News
February 2021
- How we’re improving cardiovascular health
- CVD risk calculation: Can smaller clinics break through?
- Preventing dementia: Effects of hypertension drugs
- COVID-safe exercise ideas for older adults this winter
- 5 lessons from co-designing with patient partners
- CATALyST launches new round of scholar admissions
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