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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

Kitty Hawk grounds its flying-raft project and ‘doubles down’ on Heaviside air vehicle

California-based Kitty Hawk, the flying-car venture backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, says it’s winding down its Flyer project, which… Read More

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

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

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

Scientists trace the roundabout route that coronavirus took from bats and pangolins to people

Two newly published studies shed light on the origins and spread of the coronavirus pandemic, starting with bats and pangolins… Read More

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

Roei Ganzarski and MagniX all-electric airplane

MagniX and AeroTEC put all-electric Cessna airplane into the air for first time

An all-electric version of one of the world’s best-known small utility airplanes hummed through its first flight today at Moses… Read More

Boeing resumes low-rate 737 MAX jet production with workplace safety in mind

Boeing says it has resumed 737 MAX production at its factory in Renton, Wash., with more than a dozen initiatives… Read More

Pandemic fallout: Boeing sends layoff notices to 6,770 employees as part of 10% cutback

As part of its plan for a 10% workforce reduction, Boeing says that it’s moved from voluntary layoffs to involuntary… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

NOAA selects Univ. of Washington to host regional institute for climate and ocean research

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected the University of Washington to host a Pacific Northwest research institute focusing… Read More

XPRIZE’s Code Games challenge gives kids an opportunity to create games for good

XPRIZE’s latest program to incentivize innovation is going after a new demographic: young people between the ages of 10 and… Read More

Judge clears the way for salvagers to open up the Titanic and retrieve Marconi radio

A federal judge says RMS Titanic Inc. can go forward with its plan to cut into the Titanic shipwreck and… Read More

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

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

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

Forty years after Mount St. Helens eruption, pandemic sparks public safety parallels

Seismologist Steve Malone feels a magnitude-5.1 rumble of deja vu whenever he hears the latest developments in the debate over… Read More

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

How Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is changing its tone during the pandemic

Alexa, do I need a coronavirus test? That’s a query that almost certainly was not in the repertoire for Amazon’s… Read More

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

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

Is there a link between coronavirus and vitamin D deficiency? This startup just raised cash to find out

New research shows a potential correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 mortality rates. A Northwestern University study released… Read More

After good results in Seattle, COVID-19 vaccine will face key trials this summer, Moderna CEO says

The coronavirus vaccine trial that started out in Seattle is progressing well enough to get onto Food and Drug Administration’s… Read More

President Trump tweets support for Elon Musk as Tesla reopens Calif. car factory amid pandemic

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dispute with county authorities over the reopening of the company’s California car factory was injected into… Read More

Anduril Industries expands to Seattle, seeks engineers to work on defense tech

Irvine, Calif.-based Anduril Industries says it’s opening a new office in Seattle and will be hiring engineers to work on… Read More