Health/Life Sciences – Page 22 of 54

As COVID test sites reach capacity, Washington state leaders urge restraint and judgment

As Thanksgiving draws closer, COVID-19 infections are surging and virus testing is hitting capacity, leaving health experts and elected officials… Read More

Seattle biotech firm Umoja Biopharma raises $53M as it tackles unique approach to immunotherapy

Umoja Biopharma raised $53 million to expand development of its CAR T-cell immunotherapy treatments for blood-based and organ-based tumors in… Read More

Health officials urge people to stay home and avoid ‘catastrophic consequences’ amid record COVID-19 cases in Washington state

Washington state was able to “flatten the curve” earlier this year when COVID-19 began spreading. Now health officials are hoping… Read More

Vimly Benefit Solutions raises $6.7M to help healthcare companies manage employee benefits

Vimly Benefit Solutions raised $6.7 million to help scale its benefits administration software platform. The Seattle-area company provides enrollment, eligibility,… Read More

Teen who built popular coronavirus tracking website has COVID-19 and calls it ‘pretty terrible’

Avi Schiffmann, the Seattle-area teen who built a website to track the early and ongoing spread of coronavirus, has tested… Read More

Amazon Pharmacy: Online drugstore and Prime Rx discounts extend tech giant’s reach into healthcare

Updated at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. Tuesday. Amazon will offer prescription medications for home delivery through a new online drugstore, promising… Read More

‘As good as it gets’: Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, which got its start in Seattle, is 94.5% effective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlP91xjvsQ Biotech giant Moderna on Monday announced that its COVID-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing the disease during Phase… Read More

Adaptive plans fall launch of T-cell test for past COVID-19 detection, as alternative to antibody tests

Adaptive Biotechnologies says it’s proceeding with plans to launch a new type of test to determine if someone was previously… Read More

Microsoft: Russian and North Korean hackers are targeting COVID-19 vaccine developers

Microsoft says it has detected cyberattacks by hackers operating in Russia and North Korea against seven companies working on COVID-19… Read More

Amid ‘alarming rise’ of COVID-19, Fred Hutch tightens restrictions, and Inslee makes new appeal

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has its finger on the pulse of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the home of… Read More

New human cell atlases track how tissues develop, providing a road map for research

Two new human cell atlases have mapped the molecular machinery that builds tissue in the weeks after conception — and… Read More

Curb exposure or risk restrictions: Health officials warn of ‘impending crisis’ as COVID-19 infection rates accelerate

Washington state and local health officials on Tuesday gave the public what was essentially an ultimatum: Take the necessary steps… Read More

Can blockchain heal what ails healthcare? Lumedic launches new quest for digital identity standards

Health technology company Lumedic launched a new effort to create standards for digital identity in healthcare, aiming to streamline the… Read More

As COVID cases break records and keep rising, why no new restrictions in Seattle region?

The rate of new COVID-19 infections continues to rise in Seattle and the rest of King County, with more than… Read More

Research alliance co-founded by Fred Hutch and Microsoft announces initial cancer studies

A collaboration to share data between top Pacific Northwest cancer research groups has announced its first three projects, focused on… Read More

Navigating Cancer’s founder and former CEO sues its investor Merck, alleging gender bias and interference with acquisition talks

The founder and former CEO of Seattle health tech startup Navigating Cancer, Gena Cook, is suing one of its investors,… Read More

Fred Hutch researchers uncover new genetic details of White House COVID-19 outbreak

Since it was revealed in early October, details about President Trump’s COVID-19 infection have been in short supply, including the… Read More

Concure Oncology raises $2M to bring innovative breast cancer radiation therapy to more patients

Concure Oncology has raised $2 million in new funding, helping to fuel growth for the Mercer Island, Wash.-based startup and… Read More

Seattle-area health officials call for ‘COVID-19 reboot’ as cases and hospitalizations rise

If you’re hankering for a Halloween scare, look no further than newly released stats on the spread of COVID-19. In… Read More

Health experts weigh in on what we’ll have to do to get through a winter of COVID-19

You may want to put off that big holiday dinner. Don’t have your heart set on sending the kids back… Read More

Sana CEO reveals details about stealthy gene therapy startup that has raised more than $700M

Sana Biotechnology CEO Steve Harr shed more light on one of most secretive, heavily funded startups in Seattle and the… Read More

Former Windows chief Terry Myerson is building a health care data startup called Truveta

A Seattle-area startup called Truveta made its existence known for the first time on Thursday, describing an ambitious vision to… Read More

Healthtech investors on the ‘holy grail’ of remote care and a new way of thinking about health IT

Investor interest in healthcare technology is on the rise amid a pandemic that has put a spotlight on telemedicine, patient… Read More

Synthetic biology startup AbSci raises $65M to expand ‘Protein Printing’ tech

Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company AbSci raised an additional $65 million to help grow its synthetic biology platform. The company’s “Protein… Read More

Amazon’s healthcare job postings reveal interest in buying provider networks, expanding Amazon Care

Amazon continues to expand its reach into the $3 trillion healthcare industry as new job postings indicate where the company… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Telehealth experts say COVID-19 created an opportunity to reimagine healthcare

While telemedicine was making inroads into healthcare before COVID-19 struck, the pandemic has unleashed its potential, according to a panel… Read More

Virtual primary care startup 98point6 raises $118M as pandemic sparks demand for digital health tech

Demand is through the roof for Seattle telemedicine startup 98point6. The company, which helps facilitate virtual primary care appointments, has… Read More

Health benefits tech company Accolade sees revenue rise 24% to $36.8M, but stock dips

Health benefits technology company Accolade saw revenue rise 24% in the most recent quarter as telehealth usage surges amid the… Read More

Seattle researchers aim to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections in Alaskan fishing industry

As Washington-based fishing companies are heading to Alaska in the coming days and weeks, thousands of their employees will be… Read More

High-tech health care provider Zoom+Care expands beyond Pacific NW to Colorado and Idaho

Zoom+Care, the Portland, Ore.-based on-demand health care provider, is expanding beyond its roots in the Pacific Northwest, announcing plans to… Read More