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Researchers develop health tech tool that can detect vital signs from a persons face via video

Seattle Genetics drug rides FDA fasttrack to the front lines in fight against rare form of cancer

Portland startup aims to treat opioid addiction with tech as it raises 105M and partners with Premera

Providencebacked Kno2 raises 15M for healthcare communication tech

Biotech startup Kineta inks cancer deal with Pfizer worth up to 505M

Nimble Pharmacy brings prescription drug delivery service to Seattle area

How two Seattle startups are helping doctors uncover hidden trends in COVID19 cases

Cardiac Insight raises 8M as sales of its wearable heartbeat sensor spike 100

Good Therapeutics raises 11M to develop context dependent protein drugs

98point6 raises 43M from Goldman Sachs Costco cofounder others to expand virtual healthcare tech

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Open source project led by Sir Tim BernersLee mastering startup pitches and more

Fred Hutch study: Nanoparticles could help cuttingedge therapies get inside solid tumors

Busy pandemic season helps medical supply ecommerce platform Bttn raise 5M

Lawsuit: Electronics giant Philips accuses Seattlearea company of hacking its medical devices

Wellpepper acquired by Caravan Health in sign of growing market for digital patient treatment plans

Fred Hutch spinout Faraday Pharmaceuticals raises 25M for muscle loss prevention drug

Startup ID Genomics launches nonprofit ARMADA to fight deadly antibioticresistant infections

98point6 brings AIfueled telemedicine to Sams Club members

Seattles Integrated Diagnostics acquired by lung cancer technology company Biodesix

After heated Reddit AMA Providence Health digital unit confirms layoffs and addresses claims of sexist culture

Chinook Therapeutics helps form Chinabased biotech venture to treat kidney disease

Amazon JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway to form their own healthcare tech company

Feeling blue Biotech startup raises 13M to create natural color pigments using algae

Microsoft and Providence St Joseph Health team up to improve healthcare efficiency

Health benefits tech company Accolade sees revenue rise 24 to 368M but stock dips

Seattle biotech firm Impel NeuroPharma files for 75M IPO

Eliem is latest Seattlearea biotech to go public raises 80M to help fuel treatments for nervous system disorders

No poop required: Researchers devise blood test for gut microbiome diversity using data from defunct startup Arivale

Working Geek: Lizza Miller believes in the smart use of tech to make people healthier

How Microsoft is fighting the coronavirus outbreak with chatbots and virus trackers

With 1M in funding Phase Genomics looks to crack genetic codes and discover unknown bacteria

Realtime fever tracking: How a Seattle startup quickly altered its roadmap to help with COVID19

Navigating Cancers founder and former CEO sues its investor Merck alleging gender bias and interference with acquisition talks

Grandson of Jonas Salk raises cash to find genetic needles in the haystack

Multiple vaccines could be needed to fully stop COVID19 pandemic UW vaccinologist says

Seattlebased health software company Valant sold to another private equity firm

Amazon health care joint venture names Zocdoc executive as CTO ramps up hiring

ExNFL player Steve Gleason launches eyecontrolled wheelchair system inspired by Microsoft hackathon

TLDR on location: Prime Day breaks record Bill Gates invests in Alzheimers initiative Wanderlust Society

CVS Amazon and the mass freakout: How tech is reshaping the healthcare industry

Researchers use tiny tricks to pull out precious protein data from a single cell

Behavioral science startup 2Morrow raises 15M to grow digital therapeutic platform

Stealthy startup Taproot Medical Technologies raises funds to develop nextgen biomaterials

Sams Club partners with Seattle startup 98point6 to offer customers telehealth service

Telehealth giant Amwell to acquire Portland healthtech startup Conversa

IPO filing: Microsoft invested 45M in Adaptive Biotechnologies as part of universal blood test deal

Seattle Childrens spinout MDmetrix adds operating room capabilities looks to expand

Tech community sets up telehealth service directory in response to White Houses call

This startup wants to accelerate precision medicine with its growing biological data platform

Magnolia Medical raises 20M to cut down errors in blood tests