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Weaving HIV protection: UW researchers use fabric to protect women against...
University of Washington bioengineers have developed a technology that could help better protect women from contracting HIV. The secret is using a new fabric to deliver high doses of a drug currently...
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Swedish Cancer Institute-led consortium gets $6.6M to help patients access...
A cancer research consortium led by Swedish Cancer Institute received a $6.6 million grant Tuesday to help more patients obtain cancer treatment and get into clinical trials across a five-state region....
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I lived the future of health care
I have been covering health care at the Puget Sound Business Journal for nearly three years, but only recently did I have the opportunity to see the future of the industry in action. I had a pretty...
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Amgen’s departure isn’t necessarily the harbinger of doom for Seattle biotech
Last week’s news that Amgen would uproot itself from Washington state – taking 660 jobs with it – was devastating to many in the Seattle biotech industry, particularly those who work there. But it...
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Washington’s high court says psychiatric boarding is unlawful
Psychiatric boarding – the practice of detaining patients with mental health problems without treatment because of limited psychiatric beds – is unlawful, according to a unanimous opinion the...
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Don’t call it a death panel: Providence wants to change the conversation...
Providence Health & Services believes there is such a thing as a good death. The Renton-based institution wants its doctors to be able to talk to patients about what that means to each individual...
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So long Seattle, and thanks for all the fish!
This is my last week with the Business Journal; I’ve accepted a job at Newsday and am moving to the East Coast. In my nearly three years with the paper, I’ve found myself inches away from a human...
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DSHS: Supreme Court ruling will increase homelessness among the mentally ill
A state Supreme Court ruling this week precluding emergency rooms and hospitals from “boarding” mental health patients means that people in need of treatment are more likely to end up homeless and...
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40 Under 40 2014: Veena Shankaran
Dr. Veena Shankaran had been treating her patient for colon cancer for almost a year when he came into her office and said he had to file for bankruptcy, move in with a family member and change...
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40 Under 40 2014: Katerie Chapman
Katerie Chapman started out as an administrative intern at Virginia Mason Medical Center with big ambitions. “I did my homework because this was the organization in this state that I wanted to be at,”...
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