While the COVID-19 pandemic is in the rearview mirror for a lot of us, local researchers are still looking toward preventing transmission by understanding it better. It includes how easily a respiratory infection spreads among people living in your house. For some, it's not rare to have one person in a household catch COVID-19 while others living under the same roof don't catch it at all. Doctors at UW Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital want to understand why. "We are seeing lots of COVID right now," said Dr. Helen Chu, an infectious diseases physician and a professor of epidemiology at UW Medicine. The research team is looking for 200 Seattle-area households to participate in the study. For more information, households can contact [email protected]. The study is expected to span several months into December. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/covid-housemateshealthlink-new-study/281-792dbdba-19bc-492c-a608-f8be0fa8c049