COVID-19, at the moment, might feel safely in the rearview mirror. But other respiratory viruses and bacterial-caused walking pneumonia are stoking human health concerns — and COVID is far from… Read More
WA Notify, an app launched by Washington state to inform people if they’d been exposed to someone who recently tested positive for COVID-19, is scheduled to sunset on May 11.… Read More
Amazon Clinic, the online healthcare service launched by the tech giant in November, is now offering COVID-19 treatment plans to individuals with a positive test whose symptoms started within the… Read More
The Space Needle opened 60 years ago with a nod toward futuristic architecture. Inside the iconic Seattle structure today, the Needle is still focused on the future, deploying technology that… Read More
Expedia Group is removing a COVID-19 vaccination policy at most of its offices around the world, a policy which required employees and others to be vaccinated and boosted in order… Read More
It was often hard to tell from the inside that 2022’s Emerald City Comic Con was supposed to be a comic book convention. With ECCC, the con organizers at ReedPop… Read More
The organizers of the Emerald City Comic Con announced Thursday that they will reimplement a face covering requirement for this year’s show in Seattle. This is a significant reversal of… Read More
ReedPop, the company behind the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, announced Wednesday that it plans to substantially relax its COVID safety protocols for the 2022 show in August, which… Read More
Bill Gates returned to Reddit for his 10th “Ask Me Anything” session on Thursday, answering questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, his ownership of U.S. farmland, what type of phone… Read More
Bill Gates revealed Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, more than two years into a pandemic that the Microsoft co-founder has dedicated himself to better understanding and fighting.… Read More
Two years after first gathering with a group of health experts to dine and discuss the looming COVID-19 crisis, Bill Gates reassembled the group for more food and a conversation… Read More
Seattle-based vaccine company Icosavax posted disappointing clinical data today for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, sending its stock into a dive. Icosavax went public last June in an IPO that raised… Read More
Seattle vaccine company HDT Bio is seeking nearly $1 billion in a new lawsuit alleging that an India-based drugmaker stole HDT’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine technology. The complaint, filed Monday in… Read More
In January 2020, a ship docking in Dalian, China, called on Ann Jarris for assistance. As CEO of the company overseeing the health of the ship’s crew, she was asked… Read More
Seattle-based A-Alpha Bio will support research into new therapies for COVID-19 variants in a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The partnership is powered by a $1.1 million sub-contract awarded… Read More
Biotech startup Uh-Oh Labs wasn’t so much bootstrapped in its early days as it was deadlifted. Founder and CEO Cameron Ball was bankrolling his enterprise working at a 24 Hour… Read More
Rob Relyea set out to find information to help his wife. A longtime Microsoft engineer, Relyea had more than 28 years of experience at the company using technology to solve… Read More
Amazon employees vaccinated against COVID-19 can ditch their masks starting Friday, the company said in an internal memo on Thursday. The change in policy applies to all workers, in office… Read More
An upcoming book from Bill Gates will delve into lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, what the world can do to stop future pandemics, his conversations with Dr. Anthony Fauci… Read More
T-Mobile will require all of its office workers, with limited exceptions, to be fully vaccinated by April 2, saying in a memo that those who don’t upload proof of full… Read More
What makes some people with COVID-19 develop the often-debilitating symptoms of long-COVID, with its varying effects like brain fog, weakness and fatigue? A new study led by researchers at Seattle’s… Read More
Rep. Pramila Jayapal knows public health. The 7th congressional district Democrat from Washington state once worked at Seattle global health nonprofit PATH, where she wielded her MBA to direct its… Read More
In case it wasn’t already clear, the tech industry’s Great COVID-19 Remote Work Experiment is destined to last a full two years, and then some. That’s one of the takeaways… Read More
It’s been almost seven years since Leonard Nimoy, the actor who created the role of Mr. Spock on “Star Trek,” passed away due to respiratory disease — but his character… Read More
Bill Gates is taking the action that many people are perhaps dreading themselves — canceling most of his holiday plans in the wake of the rapid spread of the COVID-19… Read More
The Omicron COVID-19 variant is surging in the Seattle area with speed that has the potential to overload health care systems and disrupt workplaces, scientists and health officials said Friday… Read More
Amazon’s e-commerce site still prominently features content about COVID-19 that was deemed as misinformation and called out more than two months ago by U.S. lawmakers. Searches for terms such as… Read More
Early data from the University of Washington suggest that the Omicron COVID-19 variant may already be spreading rapidly in Washington state. The data are from samples analyzed by a quick… Read More
Ever the optimist, even Bill Gates was challenged by everything 2021 threw at him. In a new end-of-the-year post on his GatesNotes blog on Tuesday, the Microsoft co-founder starts by… Read More
Trevor, meet Trevor. Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show” host and South African comedian, came through Seattle last week on tour at Climate Pledge Arena. And he also recently visited online… Read More
