GeekWire

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Washington State Department of Health’s Care-A-Van vaccinated people in Vancouver, Wash. But it hasn’t worked out that way,” said Frumkin, professor emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Health, and former dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Washington. DOH Photo). DOH Photo).

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Paul Farmer, a widely respected figure in the world of public health, died on Monday at the age of 62, according to a statement from the charity he cofounded, Partners in Health. Farmer passed away in his sleep in Butaro, Rwanda, though a cause hasn’t been announced. Read more.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

Public health takes a village, not a tech campus Two days after the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic, then-President Donald Trump stood in the Rose Garden next to a flow chart. Health departments relied on fax machines and paper printouts to ferry data around.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Faced with filling hospitals, serious infection rates and aggressive new COVID-19 variants, King County’s Department of Health will require proof of vaccination in most commercial public gathering places such as bars and restaurants in Seattle and the rest of the county. “We (UW Medicine Photo). 6, under the new rules.

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GeekWire

JULY 2, 2020

Health benefits platform Accolade made its initial public offering Thursday morning, pricing its stock at $22/share , above the expected range of $19 to $21, and raising $220 million at a valuation of $1.2 Accolade CEO Raj Singh on video in New York’s Times Square for the virtual ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell.

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GeekWire

JUNE 11, 2020

The roots of today’s call to action go back more than a year, to a meeting of bioinformatics experts and public health officials that was convened at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Seattle headquarters. “Bringing a bioinformatic workforce into public health is an enormous challenge,” he said.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2020

Public Health – Seattle & King County via Twitter). We know that’s the solution from a health standpoint, and the way to reopen our economy.” Charissa Fotinos is deputy chief medical officer for the Washington State Health Care Authority. Is it just because more tests are being done? WSHCA Photo).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Onyimbo Kerama, lead consultant and executive director at Motire Occupational Health and Safety Solutions In Thika, Kenya, uses a LumiraDx diagnostic instrument to test for COVID-19. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Photo).

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Forrester IT

JULY 7, 2021

“The first wealth is health.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson These words of perennial wisdom are a compelling reminder that public health is the bedrock for constructing a prosperous economy and nation. This very philosophy beckoned me to the healthcare field as a student and public health professional for the past two decades.

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GeekWire

JUNE 24, 2020

Minnesota Public Health officials released new data this week revealing that at least 187 employees who work at Amazon facilities in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. Amazon says public health officials have inspected 91 of its facilities since March and cleared the company’s safety protocols in each case.

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GeekWire

MAY 28, 2024

Inside the main branch of the Seattle Public Library in downtown Seattle. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The Seattle Public Library was dealing with what it called a “ransomware event” impacting its technology systems on Tuesday, causing disruptions to a number of online services offered by the Library.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Apple could have dropped the Series 5 watch to $299 and brought an important health feature to mainstream customers, but instead put profits over people. Read More.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 22, 2023

All signs point to Covid-19 Pandemic being fully behind us: the Biden Administration’s intention of Covid-19 national and public health emergencies are set to end on May 11th 2023, consumers’ comfort in pre-Pandemic activities, like going to a concert or a museum, are increasing over time, and while travel is recovering, the lack of full […] (..)

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Forrester IT

APRIL 9, 2020

After it received more than a dozen complaints, the Larimer County Department of Public Health and Environment ordered a contact center in Fort Collins, Colorado to send its employees home last week. The agency said that the contact center did not meet the definition of an essential business as set out in county and state […].

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Forrester IT

MARCH 26, 2020

COVID-19 brings a wave of public health, economic, and cultural crises that trigger yet unforeseen repercussions. While three-quarters of US online adults say they’re familiar with details of the illness, talk to myriad consumers and observe a range of reactions.

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GeekWire

MAY 23, 2020

The Washington State Department of Health is in the early stages of a massive effort to interview COVID-19 patients and track down those who might have been infected by those patients. Before the pandemic, about 630 local and state public health professionals were available in Washington state to do such work.

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Information Week

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a global emergency. Here's how governments and the general public are using analytics to track the outbreak.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2023

Cascade Health Photos) Seattle startup Cascade Health raised a $2 million pre-seed round to boost its AI-powered software that aims to increase healthcare pricing transparency. Ana-Maria Constantin (left) and Pulak Goyal.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 3, 2021

As any public official will tell you, it can be tricky to get citizens to comply with certain public health mandates—like wearing masks , social distancing , or getting a damn vaccine.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2023

Lawsuits filed by two Washington state school districts allege that major social media companies including Meta, TikTok, YouTube and others are driving a youth mental health crisis. The districts are suing the social media titans for damages to help pay for the growing demand for mental health services in their schools.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Multiple health departments in Missouri have abandoned most or all of their covid-19 tracking and prevention work after a recent court ruling stripped state and local public health agencies of their powers to establish disease prevention measures. Read more.

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Vox

MAY 7, 2024

Even when you’re not sick, vital signs like heart rate and blood pressure give doctors a decent sense of your physical health. But there’s no agreed-upon vital sign for mental health. There may be occasional mental health screenings at the doctor’s office, or notes left behind after a visit with a therapist.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 9, 2023

Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones. Seattle Public Schools sees its case against TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snap, Instagram, and their parent companies as a potential model to address the impact of social media on student mental health nationwide. SPS Photo). The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Kent School District in Washington state has joined Seattle Public Schools in filing suit against TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and their parent companies, seeking compensation to address the youth mental health crisis that both districts allege has been caused by the social media companies. GeekWire Illustration.

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GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2023

agreed to be acquired by WebMD Health Services , part of digital health giant WebMD Health Corp. The company made its initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2019. WebMD Health Services, based in Portland, Ore., designs well-being programs for employers and health plans.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

UW Medical Data Science Symposium keynote speaker Atul Butte, director of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. Under his leadership, the health system has combined its electronic healthcare data across multiple hospitals and clinics into a unified pool.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 14, 2023

Here are some of the key points to know: Seattle Public Schools is suing the social media giants for damages stemming from what the suit describes as a youth mental health crisis in Seattle and across the country. Related Story: Are social media companies to blame for youth mental health crisis? It’s complicated.

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Gizmodo

JULY 9, 2021

shit environment sanitation feces toilets cho jae weon euthenics animal physiology waste hygiene human interest public health dogecoin Now one South Korean professor is taking the trend one step further, with a… Read more.

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Vox

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images What the evidence about social media and teens’ mental health really says. In truth, it’s not entirely clear that there even is an international decline in teen mental health that requires explanation. This indicates that there is an association between social media use and worse mental health outcomes.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In a recent revelation, security researcher Jeremiah Fowler uncovered a significant data leak affecting one of the United States' largest health insurance companies, Cigna Health. Cigna Health data exposed The exposed database contained a staggering 17,187,743,574 records, spanning across 6.35 terabytes of data.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Under Governor Hochul's leadership, the Department of Health is publishing draft cybersecurity regulations that will strengthen protections for hospital systems across the state," said New York State Chief Cyber Officer Colin Ahern. These draft regulations build upon the statewide cybersecurity strategy Governor Hochul released in August.

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2023

(Washington State Department of Health Images) 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.

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Vox

MAY 15, 2022

The billionaire and public health leader answers five of Recode’s questions about pandemic prevention and economic disparities. They’ll also need to make bigger investments to improve primary health care in all countries. What, if anything, about the relationship between the private and public sectors needs to change?

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Gizmodo

JUNE 16, 2020

Anthony Fauci has been hailed as a hero during the coronavirus pandemic, delivering thoughtful health advice while most members of the Trump regime have spread misinformation about covid-19. But there’s one area where Fauci let America down, hindering the public health response and giving the U.S. both the highest… Read more.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

(Washington Department of Health Image). The new study is the first to assess the public health value of smartphone-enabled exposure notification systems in the U.S., The new study is the first to assess the public health value of smartphone-enabled exposure notification systems in the U.S.,

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Vox

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Barbara O’Neill, who makes a living as a holistic health educator, has given lectures claiming that cancer is caused by a fungus and that she has helped people cure their cancer with baking soda and highly restrictive diets, and discouraging those who listened to her from seeking chemotherapy.

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TechSpot

JULY 7, 2022

The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury issued the joint warning to provide information on the Maui ransomware that has been infecting Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector organizations since at least May 2021.

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