About 30% of asthma patients saw breathing improve after immunotherapy injections. Side effects ranging from mild to severe were common — but fatalities extremely rare.
Gates gives $255 million to $630 million polio eradication push
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $255 million challenge grant to Rotary International for its Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The Rotary will match the Gates grant with $100 million raised by its own members over the next three years.
In addition, the United Kingdom will give [...]
The maker of the top-selling Airborne cough and cold supplements has agreed to stop claiming its products prevent or treat colds, sore throats and allergies and to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 33 states and the District of Columbia.
In its complaint, Washington state alleged the company, Airborne Health, Inc., engaged “in [...]
Seattle biotechnology company Targeted Genetics has announced that H. Stewart Parker—its CEO and President—and Dr. Barrie J. Carter, PhD—its Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President—have resigned.
Parker has served as Targeted Genetics’ president and CEO since 1989.
Carter served as executive vice president since 1992 and CSO since 2001.
Parker will be replaced by B.G. Susan Robinson. Robinson [...]
Researchers from Seattle and Sweden met in Seattle last weekend to discuss the latest diabetes research
The annual Seattle-Sweden conferences are designed to highlight a number of collaborative projects between diabetes researchers working here and in Sweden.
This year’s conference, the 3rd Annual Seattle-Sweden Diabetes Awareness Day, was organized by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in collaboration with [...]
Oregon gourmet food producer Harry & David is issuing a recall of Harry & David Moose Munch Confection, Milk Chocolate Gingerbread because some packages may contain pecans that are not declared on the package’s list of ingredients.
“People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction [...]
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
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