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Y Combinator grad Brave Care raises another 52M for techfueled urgent care service for kids

Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancers most subtle red flags

Digital prescription marketplace Xealth closes 14M round as healthcare providers bet on startup

Filings reveal Amazons plan to use radar for sleep tracing and touchless device control

Madrona continues to back Ovationio as Boston startup raises 215M for its lab software platform

AdaptX raises 6M changes name from MDMetrix expands quest for healthcare data insights

Biotech startup scores 20M to develop drug that triggers the immune system to fight cancer

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

Illumina will pay 8B to acquire Grail the Bill Gates and Jeff Bezosbacked cancer detection company

The voters will see you now: The finalists for Health Innovation of the Year at the GeekWire Awards

Novo Nordisk teaming up with startups for diabetes challenge aiming to create new digital health tools

How Pfizers 43B acquisition of Seagen may impact Seattle and broader biotech market

Pittsburgh poised to build thriving health innovation industry if it can escape valley of death

Seattlebased Vera Whole Health sells majority stake to private equity firm

This Univ of Washington spinout just raised 58M to reimagine how doctors work with health records

Oisn raises 5M to develop treatments for zombie cells associated with agerelated diseases

Frazier Life Sciences raises 13 billion for latest fund

Founded last year Mozart Therapeutics lands 55M to develop therapies for celiac and other diseases

COVID19 exposure notification apps become more widespread but will they make a difference

Microsoftbacked universal blood test could start diagnosing disease within a small number of years

University of Washington spinout AAlpha Bio snags 20M for proteindiscovery platform

Seattle startup NextStep raises 36M to train displaced workers for healthcare jobs

Seattle healthcare data startup Truveta lands investment from Microsoft and forms partnership

Adaptive plans fall launch of Tcell test for past COVID19 detection as alternative to antibody tests

Earbuds that can read your mind Orbityl pushes boundaries of braincomputer interfaces

Tech vets launch MultiScale Health aiming to liberate healthcare data with realtime platform

Report: Amazon and startup Xealth working on program to deliver medical supplies to patients

Earcleaning headphones maker SafKan Health raises 1M to launch in US hospitals

How coronavirus testing and contact tracing work together to quell COVID19

Virtual care provider Conversa raises 12M as investors bet big on digital health startups

How a hamburger and milkshake from Dicks DriveIn led to a breakthrough for this biotech startup

Madrona Venture Labs picks clinical management startup Invio as first company in new accelerator

Why Microsofts 197B deal to acquire Nuance is a perfect fit and trophy for Redmond tech giant

Merck research chief Roger Perlmutter touts Seattle biotech strength after 300M Immune Design deal

Inside a rapid innovation session as Gates Foundation and Xinova fight malaria with tech

Univ of Washington spinout Icosavax raises 51M to fight viruses with computerdesigned vaccines

3 leadership lessons from Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO Chad Robins

HealthStream pays 25M to acquire Portland startup NurseGrid maker of a mobile app for nurses

Cell and gene therapy startup ElevateBio raises 170M

Mission Bio raises 70 million to help scale its tech for improving the development of targeted cancer therapies

Accelerator Corp announces new leadership and renames to Accelerator Life Science Partners

Alexandria doubles down on decadeslong Seattle biotech bet with Mercer Mega Block deal

Inexpensive 3D Printed Membrane Feeder Aids in Malaria Studies

Mental Health Match helps people find the right therapist and finds a new home in Portland

Historic steam plant in Seattle gets a fresh new look courtesy of Fred Hutch

Healthcare tech company Accolade raises another 50M total funding tops 200M

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

Seattle biotech scores 675M to treat migraines and Parkinsons with drugs delivered deep into the nasal cavity

Univ of Washington spinout aims to detect eye and body movement using sensors embedded in paper

Seattlebased Shape Therapeutics raises 112M to develop RNAediting and gene therapies