Articles about coronavirus – Page 7 of 15

Social distancing needs to be more stringent to avoid COVID-19 rebound, experts say

Although many states are starting to relax restrictions on business activity and contacts, Seattle-area epidemiologists say such restrictions will need… Read More

CVS and UPS team up for drone deliveries to retirees amid coronavirus outbreak

UPS’ drone subsidiary and the CVS pharmacy chain say they’ll start delivering prescription medicines to the nation’s largest retirement community… Read More

Trump: Postal Service must raise prices on Amazon or ‘I’m not signing anything’ for USPS aid

President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he wouldn’t authorize coronavirus relief funds to the U.S. Postal Service unless it… Read More

Coronavirus computer modelers revise their dates for easing state shutdowns

The latest computer projections from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation deliver a double dose of… Read More

UW Medicine to conduct clinical trial for hydroxychloroquine with COVID patients

The University of Washington School of Medicine is looking for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to participate in… Read More

Activists, Amazon employees and climate scientists hold virtual protest over worker firings

Tech and warehouse workers, activists, climate scientists, labor leaders, and politicians participated in a marathon protest Friday over Amazon’s firing… Read More

Together again, virtually: Inside two worlds where social distancing is irrelevant

Inside the board room at the corporate headquarters for VirBELA, chief strategy officer Glenn Sanford invited me to lean forward… Read More

PBS Frontline contrasts state and federal response to coronavirus crisis in ‘a tale of two Washingtons’

When the first COVID-19 case in the U.S. was discovered in Seattle, officials in Washington state quickly realized they would… Read More

Software tools for mining COVID-19 research studies go viral among scientists

One month after the debut of the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset, or CORD-19, the database of coronavirus-related research papers has… Read More

Washington’s new jobless claims dip but state officials warn it’s ‘the calm before the storm’

There were 82,435 new claims for unemployment benefits in Washington state last week, a 42% decline from the week prior.… Read More

Bride and Zoom: Seattle couple marries in backyard with officiant and wedding guests on video call

Last Friday night, on the eve of what was to be their wedding day, Zac Simon and Nora Downs of… Read More

Seattle tech industry fights proposed ‘Amazon Tax,’ claiming it will delay recovery and cost jobs

Hundreds of business and community leaders are asking Seattle officials to reject a new payroll tax on the city’s highest-paying… Read More

Boeing reorganizes operations to prepare for the ‘post-pandemic’ aviation industry

Boeing has put its chief financial officer in charge of a newly formed group called Enterprise Operations, Finance & Strategy,… Read More

Bill Gates talks to students around the world about pandemic, studying and more in Code.org session

Like many people working from home these days, Bill Gates hopped on a Zoom call Wednesday morning. The Microsoft co-founder… Read More

UW and Microsoft release contact-tracing app, aiming to battle COVID-19 while preserving privacy

Microsoft and University of Washington researchers have teamed up on a new app that promises to alert people automatically if… Read More

Washington plans 1,500-person contact tracing team as governor outlines re-opening strategy

Washington state plans to have 1,500 people conducting contact tracing by mid-May in an effort to map and control the… Read More

Washington’s governor appeals to VP Mike Pence for more COVID-19 testing supplies

In a strongly worded letter, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee told Vice President Mike Pence today that the state has “nowhere… Read More

To survive the pandemic, dance, theater and opera go digital to provide fans a lifeline to the arts

While the coronavirus pandemic has focused us on fulfilling basic needs and actions — procuring toilet paper and flour, finding… Read More

Good news for startups? Congress strikes deal to replenish small business relief fund with $310B

Congressional lawmakers agreed Tuesday to provide $484 billion to refill the coffers of a small business relief fund, expand testing… Read More

UW Medicine calls a halt to use of donated coronavirus test kits amid quality concerns

The University of Washington School of Medicine has alerted Seattle-King County public health officials and other partners to stop using… Read More

Volunteers launch database for COVID-19 test centers across U.S. and run it like a tech startup

When Tarryn Marcus set out to create a comprehensive database of COVID-19 testing centers across the United States, her call… Read More

Microsoft creates Plasma Bot to boost COVID-19 therapy development effort

Microsoft is teaming up with the world’s leading plasma companies to streamline the process of developing an antibody-based therapy for… Read More

Washington state unemployment site buckles under demand as thousands attempt to file jobless claims

Out of work Washingtonians reported frustrating delays over the weekend as they sought to file jobless claims. Washington state opened… Read More

Another month? Computer modelers estimate how much longer coronavirus shutdowns should last

The University of Washington epidemiologists who set up a widely watched model projecting the future course of the coronavirus outbreak… Read More

Risky business: Scientists seek volunteers for ‘CovidWatch’ virus-tracking study

Are you at risk of getting COVID-19? You may be just the kind of person researchers at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson… Read More

Univ. of Washington ramps up Abbott Labs’ ‘fantastic’ test for COVID-19 antibodies

The University of Washington School of Medicine’s Virology Lab is reporting encouraging results from trial runs of a new test… Read More

On-demand laundry startup Loopie launches Shippie, a delivery service born out of lockdown

Loopie launched two years ago as way to connect people who don’t want to do their own laundry with people… Read More

Amazon employees organize virtual walkout over firings, warehouse conditions

Current and former Amazon employees are encouraging tech workers at the company to participate in a “virtual walkout” next week… Read More

Bill Gates to talk computer science and coronavirus on ‘Code Break,’ Code.org’s interactive classroom

Code.org, the non-profit whose goal is to teach computer science to every child in America, is bringing an especially computer… Read More

After coronavirus shutdown, Boeing will resume commercial airplane production starting next week

Boeing says it’s planning to resume all commercial airplane production in the Seattle region starting next week, more than three… Read More