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Health/Life Sciences

Larry Corey
Jun 5, 2020, 7:31 PM

Vaccine veterans preview milestones on the long road to the end of the pandemic

A public-private partnership called Operation Warp Speed is aiming to get multiple vaccines approved by the end of the year… Read More

Jun 5, 2020, 12:16 PM

Chinook Therapeutics to merge with Aduro Biotech as it pushes forward with kidney disease therapies

Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, has agreed to merge with Berkeley, Calif.-based Aduro Biotech.… Read More

WHO director-general
Jun 3, 2020, 1:20 PM

WHO resumes using hydroxychloroquine in COVID trial; discouraging study retracted due to doubts

After a weeklong review of safety data, the World Health Organization announced today that it’s ending a “pause” in the… Read More

Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi
Jun 2, 2020, 7:52 PM

Infectious Disease Research Institute is working on a multiplier effect for coronavirus vaccine

Seattle’s Infectious Disease Research Institute is working with Houston’s Baylor College of Medicine to multiply the doses of a potential… Read More

Jun 2, 2020, 5:00 PM

Sen. Maria Cantwell co-sponsors bill to shield privacy in COVID-19 contact tracing

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is one of the sponsors of bipartisan legislation aimed at ensuring that coronavirus tracing apps protect… Read More

Jun 2, 2020, 10:34 AM

Ventec and GM, 2 months later: How a startup took on the ventilator shortage, and where it stands now

Two months after President Donald Trump tapped a little-known Seattle-area medical device startup called Ventec Life Systems and automotive giant… Read More

Protests and COVID-19
Jun 1, 2020, 6:25 PM

Health experts seek to balance community concerns and coronavirus concerns

Public health officials for Seattle and King County today acknowledged the seriousness of the crisis sparked by last week’s killing… Read More

May 29, 2020, 11:30 AM

‘Start innovating like crazy’: Fast-moving genomics startup turns to R&D to navigate the pandemic

On the day in early March when I interviewed Phase Genomics CEO Ivan Liachko, we knew just enough about the… Read More

Nextstrain
May 28, 2020, 5:49 PM

Researchers revise their timeline for the coronavirus’ rise in Washington state

Epidemiologists are coming around to the view that the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S., involving a Snohomish… Read More

May 27, 2020, 11:00 AM

Telemedicine startup Bright.md raises more cash as interest in virtual healthcare surges

Portland, Ore.-based startup Bright.md officially closed a $16.7 million investment round for its AI-powered virtual healthcare service. GeekWire previously reported… Read More

A-Alpha Bio scientist Emily Engelhart
May 26, 2020, 4:52 PM

A-Alpha Bio wins $620,000 grant to work on ‘molecular glue’ for treating disease

A-Alpha Bio, a Seattle venture that began at the University of Washington, has won a $620,472 grant from the National… Read More

May 26, 2020, 7:32 AM

‘The Fight Is In Us’ blood plasma campaign deploys Microsoft bot in search of COVID-19 antibodies

A coalition of institutions from life sciences, technology and philanthropy launched a new campaign called “The Fight Is In Us,”… Read More

May 25, 2020, 9:52 AM

This Seattle startup just raised $1.1M from Vulcan, others to help hospitals care for COVID-19 patients

Vulcan Capital and other Seattle-area firms invested in a $1.1 million round for MDMetrix, a Seattle startup that helps hospitals… Read More

May 25, 2020, 8:07 AM

COVID-19 weekly deaths drop another 40% in Seattle area, cases reach lowest total in two months

Seattle and King County reported 15 deaths from COVID-19 during the past week, down 40% from the week before, while… Read More

Assembling coronavirus test kits
May 25, 2020, 8:00 AM

After crises and confusion, health officials are closing the coronavirus testing gap

Ten days after Washington Gov. Jay Inslee took the Trump administration to task for failing to send enough supplies for… Read More

May 23, 2020, 10:43 AM

Healthcare giant Roche acquires Seattle DNA sequencing startup Stratos Genomics

Publicly-traded pharmaceutical giant Roche acquired Stratos Genomics, a Seattle DNA sequencing startup. Founded in 2007, Stratos’ technology is called Sequencing… Read More

Contact tracing
May 23, 2020, 9:30 AM

Coronavirus contact tracing is ramping up, along with online training to fill the gap

The Washington State Department of Health is in the early stages of a massive effort to interview COVID-19 patients and… Read More

May 22, 2020, 11:00 AM

Review of thousands of COVID-19 cases suggests higher death risk with hydroxychloroquine

Update for 12:30 p.m. PT June 4: The study in The Lancet has been retracted by three of its authors… Read More

Thomas Lynch
May 21, 2020, 4:39 PM

Fred Hutch’s president says a new strain of virus research center is needed to fight future outbreaks

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center already has dozens of scientists working on infectious diseases, including COVID-19 — but the… Read More

May 21, 2020, 1:15 PM

Good Therapeutics raises $11M to develop ‘context dependent’ protein drugs

Seattle biotech startup Good Therapeutics raised another $11 million to create “context dependent” protein drugs that act only when needed.… Read More

May 21, 2020, 6:00 AM

Jeff Bezos joins $76M round for secretive biotech startup led by Isilon co-founder, Stanford scientist

Parag Mallick spent more than 20 years studying the intersection of software engineering and life sciences to better understand predictive… Read More

Donald Trump
May 18, 2020, 3:31 PM

Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug being tested in two studies at Univ. of Washington

President Donald Trump said today that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that’s being tested as a COVID-19 treatment at… Read More

David Veesler
May 18, 2020, 10:33 AM

Scientists say 17-year-old blood sample yields promising antibodies for COVID-19

The search for COVID-19 therapies has turned to an antibody that was first identified back in 2003, in a blood… Read More

Vaccine testing
May 18, 2020, 9:29 AM

Positive news about Seattle-tested coronavirus vaccine sends stock market sharply higher

Massachusetts-based Moderna’s share price — and the stock market as a whole — were lifted today by the company’s encouraging… Read More

May 15, 2020, 4:13 PM

Seattle and King County post lowest COVID-19 case and death counts in two months

Seattle and King County reported 420 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths during the past week, the lowest weekly totals… Read More

May 15, 2020, 7:55 AM

Microsoft and UnitedHealth Group app will quiz workers regularly to determine COVID-19 risk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=HnKokFBqrO0&feature=emb_title A new app from Microsoft and healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group will ask workers a series of questions to determine… Read More

Drug combination
May 14, 2020, 7:54 PM

UW Medicine ramps up study of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19 treatment

One of the treatments that’s been talked up by President Donald Trump for COVID-19 — a combination of the antimalarial… Read More

Sample collection for SCAN
May 13, 2020, 6:37 PM

Coronavirus-tracking project backed by Bill Gates is put on hold due to FDA concerns

The organizers of the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, a virus-tracking project supported by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, say their efforts… Read More

UW Medicine testing station
May 13, 2020, 4:57 PM

Public health officials are putting out the call for broader coronavirus testing

Washington state public health officials have broadened their guidance to say that anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms, or has been… Read More

May 13, 2020, 9:22 AM

Atul Gawande steps down as CEO of Amazon’s health care venture with Berkshire and JPMorgan

Dr. Atul Gawande is stepping down as CEO of Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire… Read More

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