‘Grumpy Santa’ and ‘Governor of Capitol Hill’: George Bakan, longtime editor of the Seattle Gay News, dies
He died June 7 at age 78. His contributions to Seattle's LGBTQ community ranged far beyond his editorship of the Seattle Gay News.
Seattle’s coronavirus surveillance program resumes after being shut down by the FDA
Before it was shut down, the program collected 12,482 swabs. Of those, 102 were positive for the novel coronavirus, Public Health — Seattle & King...
250,000 people now follow this Fred Hutch scientist on Twitter. We talk to this leading voice of the coronavirus pandemic
Trevor Bedford’s Twitter feed, which now has nearly 250,000 followers, has become a must-read for infectious disease experts and armchair epidemiologists. Here, he talks his original...
Large-scale survey of Seattle-area kids shows 1% had antibodies to the coronavirus
Most of the children who tested positive for antibodies had no symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. That fits with widespread...
Half of newly diagnosed coronavirus cases in Washington are in people under 40
The trend is concerning and should be kept in mind as more counties begin to ease restrictions, said Seattle epidemiologist Judith Malmgren, the lead author...
This problem-solver and daredevil revolutionized the electron microscope -- and builds them in Kirkland VIEW
Ondrej Krivanek has been honored with the Kavli Prize, as prestigious as a Nobel and with better prize money.
Kirkland master of the electron microscope wins one of science’s biggest prizes
"Their work is a beautiful example of scientific ingenuity, dedication and persistence," Bodil Holst, chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience, said in a...
New analysis may rewrite the history of Washington state’s coronavirus outbreak
A Snohomish County man who was the country’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient was probably not the source of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington, according to...
Some Washington counties may still have a long way to go before reopening
King and Snohomish counties are nowhere near the low levels of COVID-19 cases Gov. Jay Inslee set as one of the criteria for applying to...