Articles about COVID-19 – Page 4 of 15

Microsoft to reopen HQ campus to more employees March 29 as focus shifts to hybrid work model

Microsoft is going to start bringing some of its Seattle-area employees back to the office next week, just over a… Read More

Remote learning at 1 year: Experts explain why the move to online education has been so painful

Nearly a year has passed since Washington’s schools closed due to COVID-19. The state’s children are suffering a mental and… Read More

Washington state to enter Phase 3 of COVID recovery; Biden to urge vaccines for all by May 1

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that all counties in the state will move to Phase 3 as part of… Read More

Register for GeekWire’s virtual roundtable: Tackling Public Policy Challenges During a Covid Economy

It has been one year since Washington state locked down with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S.… Read More

Report on COVID-related philanthropy credits MacKenzie Scott with powering 25% of U.S. giving

A new report looking at the global philanthropic response to COVID-19 during 2020 credits MacKenzie Scott with singlehandedly powering 25%… Read More

2020 traffic scorecard shows how Seattle commute congestion disappeared during COVID lockdowns

Turns out that sitting at home does a lot to keep people from sitting in traffic. INRIX, the Kirkland, Wash.-based… Read More

Brown Paper Tickets to pay $9M to event organizers and consumers in resolution with Washington AG

Seattle-based ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets will pay back approximately $9 million to an estimated 45,000 event organizers and ticket… Read More

BIPOC students gain web design skills while building sites for Black-owned businesses

Mama Sambusa Kitchen was recently saved from potential financial ruin by a high school student. Through a new program offered… Read More

Remote work 1 year later: The pandemic sent tech workers home — when and how will they return?

It’s been exactly one year since Microsoft recommended that its nearly 54,000 Seattle-area employees work from home as a mysterious… Read More

Seattle researchers zero in on COVID virus mutation that could be driving spread of new variants

A team of researchers from Seattle is raising concerns about a mutation in the COVID-19 virus that’s infecting growing numbers… Read More

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Testing a new COVID-19 test: How T-cells beat antibodies in helping to detect past infections

On a cold, clear weekday morning last month, my quest to figure out whether I had COVID-19 in the early… Read More

Adaptive Biotech revenue up 25%; company launches T-cell test for past COVID-19 infections

Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, which develops technology to sequence the human immune system to diagnose and treat disease, posted revenue of… Read More

Number of cases of more worrisome COVID variants increases, raising questions about lockdowns

Public health officials on Tuesday announced that the COVID-19 variant first identified in South Africa has been detected in Washington’s… Read More

Bad weather slows COVID-19 vaccination drive, but experts see clearer skies ahead

They say that the second vaccine shot for COVID-19 is rougher than the first one — and we’re not just… Read More

Eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine? Seattle techies create site that shows open appointments

As Washington residents struggle to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations, a volunteer team of software engineers has created an online… Read More

New COVID-19 prediction models forecast a potential fourth wave — and how to minimize it

Let’s start with the good news. The number of new COVID-19 cases in the greater Seattle area, Washington state and… Read More

Convoy freight report for 2020 shows how effects of pandemic rippled through trucking industry

As COVID-19 sent a wave of shock through consumer habits in the early weeks of the pandemic, the effects also… Read More

Washington state eases COVID-19 restrictions for Seattle region

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that seven counties in Western Washington will see their COVID-19 mandated restrictions ease starting on… Read More

Research finds new hires having trouble connecting with teammates and values during remote work

Remote work can be challenging enough for the workers who are already established at a particular company. Onboarding new employees,… Read More

Amazon to host another pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at its Seattle HQ campus on Sunday

Amazon is hosting another COVID-19 vaccination clinic on its Seattle headquarters campus on Sunday, a week after the tech giant’s… Read More

More-transmissible COVID-19 variant confirmed in Washington state as vaccinations ramp up

The new, more-transmissible variant of COVID-19 is now confirmed in Washington state. Researchers from the University of Washington’s Medicine Virology… Read More

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation giving $1.4M in COVID-19 relief aimed at underserved communities

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving an additional $1.4 million in relief funds to aid underserved populations across Washington state… Read More

Photos: Inside Amazon’s pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at its Seattle headquarters

During normal times, the Amazon Meeting Center is bustling with Amazon workers and others attending various tech-related events. Amid a… Read More

‘I feel great’: Bill Gates shares photo of himself getting first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

After all the talk and concern, hope and urging, Bill Gates arrived this week at a critical point in his… Read More

Amazon will host a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic at its headquarters in Seattle

Amazon is using its headquarters in Seattle as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The tech giant is partnering with Virginia Mason… Read More

Bill Gates ready to tackle toughest challenges with President Biden after ‘troubling time in America’

Editor’s note: Post updated with comments from Melinda Gates Ever the optimist, Bill Gates said he sees promise in the… Read More

One man’s quest for the COVID-19 vaccine: Tips to remember when it’s your time to be immunized

Trying to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine on the day that eligibility was expanded to new age groups… Read More

Microsoft campus near Seattle will be used to administer COVID-19 vaccine

Microsoft is turning its mostly vacant campus into a COVID-19 vaccination site. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is working with… Read More

Seattle startup Worksphere helps manage process of returning to and running offices after pandemic

If and when workers return to offices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Seattle startup called Worksphere… Read More

PATH releases new dashboard to help health officials make sense of COVID-19 diagnostic tests

Say you’re a health ministry staffer for a small country in the developing world or a health department leader in… Read More