Articles about COVID-19 – Page 9 of 15

Amazon workers renew call for transparency as public health officials disclose new COVID cases

Pressure is building on Amazon to release data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among its employees as new cases come… Read More

Sonos cuts 12% of workforce due to pandemic; impact on Seattle engineering office not yet clear

Speaker-maker Sonos, which has a large presence in downtown Seattle, announced Tuesday that it is cutting 12 percent of its… Read More

Washington mandates masks in public statewide as COVID-19 cases rise

Washington state will require all residents to wear face coverings in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Jay… Read More

Comcast offers 60 days of free broadband for low-income families in Washington state through 2020

Comcast will offer 60 days of free broadband service to low-income customers in Washington state through the rest of the… Read More

As communities reopen, new Seattle nonprofit ‘Restart Partners’ is on a mission to boost mask usage

As cities and states are loosening stay-at-home orders and people are increasingly interacting in person, many officials have a message… Read More

A WSU epidemiologist on COVID’s surprises, the social distance ‘dial’ and sanity-saving pups

Eric Lofgren admits that epidemiology is a curious profession. “The issue all epidemiologists have is we get excited about epidemics,… Read More

Researchers want to pick up the pace on early testing and treatment for COVID-19

Scientists from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington say the search for COVID-19 treatments should… Read More

British study suggests that a low-cost steroid could reduce COVID-19 death rate

A study involving thousands of COVID-19 patients in Britain suggests that a low-cost steroid drug known as dexamethasone could significantly… Read More

University of Washington air filtering technology captures indoor air pollutants using less energy

The University of Washington this month received a U.S. patent for a new air filtration technology that can remove airborne… Read More

Seattle video game convention PAX West falls to COVID-19 and will be part of 9-day online event

PAX West, the giant video game convention originally planned for Labor Day weekend in Seattle, is being turned into a… Read More

Organizers finally cancel Emerald City Comic Con after pushing event back because of pandemic

Organizers of Emerald City Comic Con announced Tuesday that the annual pop culture extravaganza in Seattle will be cancelled due… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Distance Assistant’ uses augmented reality to show workers if they’re far enough apart

Amazon is rolling out a system that uses sensors and a large-screen display to let workers see, in real time,… Read More

Seattle adopts hazard pay for food delivery drivers during the pandemic

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation Monday that requires food delivery companies to pay drivers $2.50 per delivery on… Read More

California ‘Star Wars Celebration’ cancelled by same organizers behind Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon

Star Wars Celebration, a major entertainment event that was slated to take place in late August in Anaheim, Calif., has… Read More

COVID-19 transmission in Seattle region rises back above key threshold, new estimates show

Transmission of COVID-19 is back on the rise in the Seattle region and other parts of Washington state, again exceeding… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Tech and the police; Amazon sues former VP; remembering Manny Vellon

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: As protests over police violence continue across the country,… Read More

Latest testing shows no big spike in COVID-19 cases due to protests, as thousands wear masks

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office says it’s seeing no evidence so far that protesters are testing positive for COVID-19 at… Read More

Photos: Inside an Amazon fulfillment center, masked up and spaced apart during COVID-19

KENT, Wash. — So long, door desk. Hello, plexiglass-enclosed roaming human help desk. Not far from where hundreds of robots… Read More

Tech companies get creative with pandemic and protest-related perks for employees

The snack bar is out, and the care packages are in. Tech companies are known for offering handsome office perks… Read More

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, experts lay out 10-point plan for a genomic revolution in public health

From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, genetic sleuths have been at the forefront in the global effort to… Read More

SCAN resumes community coronavirus testing after winning review board’s OK

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network today resumed its at-home COVID-19 testing campaign, nearly a month after the program was suspended… Read More

This Seattle startup is helping physical retailers detect face masks and social distancing

Nomad Go had its Apollo 13 moment. The Seattle startup wanted to help physical retailers in response to the COVID-19… Read More

Pop culture toy maker Funko will lay off about 250 employees in further fallout from COVID-19

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based makers of pop culture figurines and other merchandise, is cutting its workforce by about 250 employees.… Read More

Elon Musk tweets, ‘Time to break up Amazon’ as he defends author in dispute over COVID-19 book

Elon Musk jumped to the defense of an author on Twitter on Thursday who was claiming that his book submission… Read More

Two efforts fill surprising tech gap between restaurants, donors and those who are hungry

As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, Seattle’s Vanessa Dyce saw her community coming undone and wanted to help. Dyce, a… Read More

Virtual internships: Tech companies and students adjust as pandemic forces remote experience

After receiving an offer letter in February to work as an intern at Amazon, Yaminee Patel envisioned a summer “running… Read More

Warehouse workers sue Amazon over COVID-19 exposure after death of an employee’s relative

Barbara Chandler believes she contracted COVID-19 in March at her job, working in an Amazon warehouse in New York where… Read More

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

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

Seattle City Council mandates paid sick time for gig workers during pandemic

Drivers for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Grubhub, and other delivery services will soon be eligible for paid sick time off in… Read More