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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Immune System
Hutch hosts lecture series for the public next month
Next month, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center offers its annual “Science for Life” series in which the center’s top researchers will explain the latest science in a fun and informal atmosphere.
How doctors die, Newt’s health care heresies and other top stories of the week
How doctors die (Hint: Not like the rest of us). Can vaccines end cancer? Newt Gingrich’s health-care heresies. Should your doctor take money from drug companies? — This week’s top stories.
Some doctors refusing to treat kids who have not been immunized
These pediatricians say they are worried about other patients in the waiting room, some of them too young to be immunized or with health problems that compromise their immune systems.
Removing mold helps reduce asthma and respiratory infections — study
Ridding homes and offices of mold can help reduce respiratory infections and symptoms of asthma, but the best way to eliminate the mold remains unclear.
Seattle’s Rivkin Center awards over $1.2 million to ovarian cancer researchers
UW researchers Dr. Lupe Salazar and Dr. John Liao among the grant recipients.
Seattle Children’s opens new cancer research center
The new center’s mission is to replace cancer therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy that can harm the body, with ”smart” therapies that will hit their cancer targets with precision and leave the rest of the body unharmed.
Parents debate vaccine safety, Hutch seeks stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised — Seattle Times
Seattle Times health coverage: Parents debate vaccine safety at CDC forum in Shoreline, Hutch win $20 million grant to seek stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised for innovative drug intervention program.
Seattle diabetes researchers win national awards
Two Seattle researchers who study the role the immune system has on the development of Type 1 diabetes have won national recognition for their work.
Allergy shots: helpful for some asthmatics, risky for others–study
About 30% of asthma patients saw breathing improve after immunotherapy injections. Side effects ranging from mild to severe were common — but fatalities extremely rare.
Seattle Global Health News – PATH, Gates and IDRI
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 [...]
Cold “remedy” maker to pay $7 million to settle health-claims suit
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 [...]
Seattle’s Targeted Genetics names new CEO and president
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.
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