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Color Health builds out virtual cancer clinic, taking aim at employer, health plan market
FACT SHEET: The Biden Cancer Moonshot Announces Commitments from Employers and Labor Unions to Make Cancer Screenings More Accessible for American Workers
Color in the Media
Fierce Healthcare:
Color Health builds out virtual cancer clinic, taking aim at employer, health plan market
MobiHealth News:
Color Health appoints Chief Medical Officer and Chief Revenue Officer and more digital health hires
Scientific American:
Cancer Rates Are Rising in Young People. Here’s What You Need to Know
PR Newswire:
Color Health Named a Strategic Ally of the Blue Cross Blue Shield National Labor Off
Vator News:
Digital health news, funding round up in the prior week; June 12, 2023
The Cancer Letter:
ACS, Color Health partner to increase access, adherence to cancer screening and prevention for U.S. employers, unions
CNBC:
How a biotech CEO figured out COVID-19 testing for 50 companies with 12-hour turnaround times
The New York Times:
TBig tech zeros in on the virus-testing market
Forbes:
NIH awards Color $4.6 million to provide genetic counseling for million-person study
Curry Pilot:
Telehealth Visits: OHA launches effort for people at risk for COVID-19
Argus Observer
Free telehealth service increases access to COVID-19 treatments
WHO News Radio
OHA Offers Free Telehealth For COVID-19 Therapy
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OHA Offers Free Telehealth For COVID-19 Therapy
KTVX
OHA offers telehealth visits to improve access to COVID19 therapy
KDRV (ABC)
New OHA free telehealth appointments to determine COVID-19 oral treatment eligibility
Cannon Beach Gazette
Telehealth Visits: OHA launches effort for people at risk for COVID-19
KXL
OHA Offers COVID-19 Telehealth Access
Oregon Capital Chronicle
Free program allows Oregonians to obtain COVID medication at home
Yahoo! News
Telehealth Visits: OHA launches effort for people at risk for COVID-19
Associated Press
Huge US study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers
GenomeWeb
NIH All of Us Program Returns First Health-Related Genetic Results to Participants
Fierce Healthcare
NIH’s All of Us study hits new milestone as largest-scale research effort to provide DNA results
KPIC
Oregon Health Authority offers telehealth visits to improve access to COVID-19 therapy
Fierce Healthcare
Color Health expands into behavioral health to tackle access challenges for mental care services
Fortune
The 11 most promising health tech startups, according to Silicon Valley VCs
LAW360 Pulse
Why Health Startup’s Legal Head Is A ‘Hands-On Contributor’
The Business Journals
Color Health evolves beyond gene testing kits
The Wall Street Journal
Three Ways Entrepreneurs Found Opportunities During the Pandemic
Fast Company
The 10 most innovative health companies of 2022
Inside Precision Medicine
Advancing the Field of Polygenic Risk Score Testing Applications from the Lab to Your Smartphone
Boston.com
Baker administration launches free telehealth program for COVID treatment
NBC News
Low-income, uninsured face hurdles to obtain Covid antivirals
Bloomberg
New Tech, Partnerships in Healthcare Improving Access
Verywell Family
How to keep your kids and family safe from the Omicron COVID-19 variant
MedCity News
As genetic testing expands, evidence and awareness needed to spur adoption
Fortune
COVID-19 accelerated health care innovation, and it isn’t slowing down
San Francisco Chronicle
How a little-known Bay Area company helped root out the first omicron case in the U.S.
TechCrunch
Health tech startup Color raises $100M at a $4.6B valuation
MobiHealthNews
Population health platform Color nabs $100M
Bloomberg
Covid test startup Color Health CEO on Series E funding
Bloomberg
What happens to all those covid test sites after the pandemic
Sacramento Observer
Efforts to improve vaccine access continue
CNN
Why these families are jumping at the chance to get their kids vaccinated against Covid-19
Inland Edition
Caroline Savello discusses testing and vaccinations in California
Randi Zuckerberg Means Business
Risk Management
Crunchbase
Pandemic Pivot: These 3 health tech startups are case studies
San Francisco Chronicle
Some Bay Area hospitals return COVID tests results within an hour. Here’s why it’s not more common
STAT
Listen: A scientist-parent on heading back to school with Delta
Protocol
What’s a problem in health care that tech can’t solve?
STAT
We know how to keep kids safe from Covid-19 in school. Now we need to do it.
Business Insider
Meet the 30 young leaders forging a new future for the healthcare industry in 2021
San Francisco Chronicle
Stanford among first universities requiring weekly coronavirus testing – even for vaccinated students
KCRA
New COVID vaccine clinic opens in Sacramento as hospitalizations increase
GenomeWeb
Healthcare providers adjust to anti-information blocking regulation impact on patient interactions
KTVU
As Delta variant spreads, vaccine outreach targets Bay Area communities of color
The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio schools for the blind, deaf pilot new COVID-19 testing program for children
Axios
Health companies get into the school reopening business
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEAP Academy pilots new K-12 COVID-19 testing program for Gov. Mike DeWine
MedTech Dive
Thermo Fisher steps up K-12 COVID-19 testing as school districts look to safely reopen
Fast Company
World Changing Ideas 2021: Pandemic Response Finalists
ClinicalOMICs
More than 500 structural variants linked to hereditary cancer and cardiovascular disorders identified
San Francisco Business Times
40 Under 40 Class of 2021: Alicia Zhou, Color
GenomeWeb
Pathogenic germline structural variants may be missed by some testing approaches
Slate
The way we think about COVID testing is about to change
Fierce Healthcare
Color’s Alicia Zhou boosts testing, vaccines and healthcare infrastructure during COVID-19
Diagnostics World
Variants vs. lineages: How we track SARS-CoV-2 changes
The Boston Globe
Inside the state’s $3.3 million scramble to build a better vaccine website
STAT
Inside Color’s big — and highly bankrolled — pivot to public health tech
Business Insider
How 5 top DNA-testing companies like 23andMe and Color are shaping the next chapter of the genetics industry
KCBS
Interactive model puts school reopening plans to the test
San Francisco Business Times
Women Who Lead Influencers: Finding a way through a crisis
Business Insider
The CEO of Color lays out how COVID-19 is reshaping the future of the $1.5 billion DNA testing startup
ClinicalOMICs
Rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing
KCBS
Ask an Expert: Caroline Savello
ABC7
Bay Area company says its software can speed up COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Vator News
Color began with genomic testing but has evolved to being a population health company
The Health Assurance Podcast
Color’s Caroline Savello on how COVID-19 will change healthcare
San Francisco Business Times
These startups are trying to fix the vaccine distribution problem
PYMNTS
Better queuing can solve COVID-19 vaccine’s last mile problem
CNBC
Health tech CEO on how to speed up vaccine distribution
Fortune
Health tech platform Color is a unicorn after new funding round values it at $1.5 billion
Cheddar
Startup Color looks to fill gaps in the nation’s healthcare infrastructure
Mission Local
These Covid-19 testing companies were born in the pandemic. Will they survive when it’s over?
GenomeWeb
All of Us Program returns first genetic results; health-related finding to follow in late 2021
San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area coronavirus testing delays persist. Who’s to blame?
NBC News
Covid testing is only getting harder to come by. That’s a serious problem.
San Francisco Chronicle
Surge in coronavirus testing has S.F. officials concerned about Thanksgiving travel
CBS Bay Area
San Francisco relocates COVID testing site from SoMa to Alemany Farmer’s Market
San Francisco Chronicle
California to double coronavirus testing capacity by spring, governor says
STAT
8 leading names in digital health weigh in on the biggest barriers facing the industry
NBC Austin
Potentially life-saving genetic cancer test becomes more affordable
Mission Local
Kids can now get Covid-19 testing at neighborhood sites
CBS This Morning
United Airlines to be first U.S. airline with COVID-19 testing program for passengers
NS Medical Devices
Color gets FDA EUA status for self-swab Covid-19 collection kit
TechCrunch
Carbon Health and Color founders see power in bringing healthcare to the edge
KCBS
Testing demand remains high in Bay Area
ClinicalOMICs
New study from the Broad finds PRS is critical component to predicting a range of diseases
GenomeWeb
Polygenic variation affects disease risk from monogenic variants, study finds
San Francisco Chronicle
How do we fix coronavirus testing? Policy, technology and behavior must intersect
GenomeWeb
Many initiatives turning to RT-LAMP as an alternative to PCR for rapid COVID-19 screening assays
San Francisco Chronicle
Why the time to get back COVID-19 test results in Bay Area ranges from 2 weeks to 2 days
STAT
This California company has a better version of a simpler, faster COVID-19 test
San Jose Mercury News
East Oakland’s Native American Health Center expanding COVID-19 testing
CBS Los Angeles
USC Student Health to expand daily coronavirus testing with minimum 500 daily tests
MyLANews
USC Student Health to expand daily virus testing
GenomeWeb
Saliva samples slow to catch on for large-scale coronavirus testing
MedTech Dive
Color targets supply, staffing bottlenecks with updated coronavirus test EUA
Healio
COVID-19 self-testing comparable to clinic-based testing
Contagion Live
FDA gives EUA for at-home COVID-19 testing
Marin Independent Journal
Marin County considers $1.6M contract for virus testing
San Francisco Chronicle
Why the Bay Area is seeing more delays in coronavirus testing and results
Business Insider
We asked 16 huge companies like Goldman Sachs and Amazon about their plans to test workers
Wall Street Journal
Labs turn to pooled testing for more efficient COVID-19 surveillance
360Dx
Labs launching SARS-CoV-2 testing programs aimed at colleges and universities
The New York Times
Big tech zeros in on the virus-testing market
TechCrunch
Color’s COVID-19 testing shows most who test positive had either mild or no symptoms
360Dx
Labs launching employer SARS-CoV-2 testing programs as businesses reopen
SF Gate
I was tested for COVID-19: It was one of the easiest things I’ve ever done in SF
TechCrunch
Color receives FDA authorization for COVID-19 test technology that speeds up results
Kaiser Health News
Looking for a path to reopen, employers weigh COVID testing of workers
San Mateo Daily Journal
Burlingame company building testing effort
San Jose Mercury News
Coronavirus: Here’s what it’s really like to get a nasal swab test
CNN
Color CEO interviewed on CNN regarding employer COVID-19 testing
The Wall Street Journal
To get back to work, companies seek coronavirus tests for workers
GenomeWeb
Color gears up to enter COVID-19 testing space
ClinicalOMICs
Consumer-Focused Color to offer COVID-19 testing
Fortune
Exclusive: Precision health firm Color just scored a $75 million funding round
ClinicalOMICs
Color to collaborate with Sanford Health, expand Northshore partnership
Science
‘Polygenic’ profile could better predict disease risk for those with cancer mutations
Rock Health
Color recognized as “Best Digital Health Company to Work For”
ClinicalOMICs
Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund of Philadelphia taps Color for genomic health information
ClinicalOMICs
Genetic Counseling 2.0
HealthcareITNews
Jefferson Health combines genomics, population health to enhance employee wellness
FierceHealthcare
Ochsner Health System teaming up with Color to integrate genetic information into preventive care
TechCrunch
Verily, Alphabet’s other money-making, non-Google business, partners with Color on genetic analysis
Business Insider
Alphabet-backed Verily partners with Color to bring genetic insights to its research
Forbes
NIH awards Color $4.6 Million as genetic counselor provider for 1 million person study
Nature
Huge US government study to offer genetic counselling
Business Insider
We spoke with the CEO of Color about what its new genetic counseling project with NIH means to the company
HealthLeaders
A million participants? How NIH program will scale data delivery and ensure continuity of care
Fast Company
Color population health named to Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas
Forbes
Technology alone won’t save healthcare, but it will redefine it
GenomeWeb
Color panel reveals hereditary cancer risk in Trinidad and Tobago breast cancer patients
Forbes
Meet your new genetic counselor
Chicago Tribune
Turn your head, cough, submit your DNA: Your next physical may include genetic testing
HealthLeaders
10,000 NorthShore patients will get free genetic testing. Could this improve primary care?
GenomeWeb
Color launches initiative to improve polygenic risk scores with low coverage WGS, imputation
GenomeWeb
Color partnering with health systems exploring impact of genomic testing on outcomes, cost
KTVU
2 sisters diagnosed with breast cancer use genetic testing to determine different treatments
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jefferson adds a new employee perk: Free genetic testing
Barron’s
20 Minutes with: Color Genomics CEO Othman Laraki
San Jose Mercury News
Next genetics frontier: Bay Area startup Color will help decode genomes of 1 million Americans
Bloomberg
Genetic-testing startup expands beyond cancer to mental health
The Wall Street Journal
The genetic test some men don’t know they need
News Releases
October 16, 2024
Color Health Expands Virtual Cancer Clinic, Offers Comprehensive Care for Employees and Members
June 18, 2024
Color and Carrum Health Partner to Improve Outcomes and Reduce Cost of Cancer Care for Employers
May 30, 2024
Color Health Announces At-Home and At-Work Cancer Screening Expansion with SkinIO and Bexa
March 14, 2023
The American Cancer Society and Color Health Announce Expansion of a Comprehensive Cancer Care Solution
February 6, 2024
Employers Agree Relying on Primary Care and Insurance Coverage Is Not Enough To Meet Cancer Screening Needs, According to New Survey
October 27, 2022
Color Health announces new behavioral healthcare solution for public and population health
August 1, 2022
DC Health Announces Telehealth Antiviral Treatment Program for COVID-19
July 28, 2022
New telehealth option launched to expand COVID-19 treatment access
July 8, 2022
Color Health Partners with CDC to Increase Equitable Access to COVID-19 Testing
May 31, 2022
Color Health Adds Ann Mather and Luis Borgen to Board Of Directors
May 4, 2022
Baker-Polito Administration Launches Free Public Telehealth Program for COVID-19 Treatment
December 2, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific and Color Health launch K-12 ReadyCheckGo COVID-19 testing solution for Texas schools
November 9, 2021
Color announces Series E financing, at a valuation of $4.6 billion, to accelerate expansion of accessible and equitable public health infrastructure
May 12, 2021
Ohio launches COVID-19 screening program for K-12 students and staff
March 23, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific to offer integrated COVID-19 testing to school districts nationwide
February 2, 2021
New England Biolabs and Color partner to provide COVID-19 testing to biotech workers essential to global pandemic response
January 4, 2021
Color announces $167 million in Series D financing to help build public health infrastructure across the U.S.
December 10, 2020
NIH’s All of Us Research Program returns first genetic results to participants
October 30, 2020
Color’s software facilitating significant increase in COVID-19 testing in California
September 16, 2020
With New EUA, Color’s COVID-19 self-collection kit enables public health and large private labs to increase access to testing
August 20, 2020
Color and researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute discover key finding to determine risk of genomic diseases
July 30, 2020
USC Student Health begins campus-wide COVID-19 testing with Color
July 27, 2020
Color receives Emergency Use Authorization for unmonitored COVID-19 testing technology
June 15, 2020
New COVID-19 test data: majority of people who test positive for COVID-19 have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic
May 20, 2020
Color receives Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 testing technology; releases return to work protocol
March 31, 2020
Color to launch COVID-19 testing lab, open-source infrastructure to bolster national response to pandemic
January 14, 2020
New Color analysis: patients at risk for diabetes miss crucial screenings in clinic
January 10, 2020
Color and Sanford Health to scale leading genomics program, Imagenetics
December 2, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific and Color Health launch K-12 ReadyCheckGo COVID-19 testing solution for Texas schools
November 9, 2021
Color announces Series E financing, at a valuation of $4.6 billion, to accelerate expansion of accessible and equitable public health infrastructure
May 12, 2021
Ohio launches COVID-19 screening program for K-12 students and staff
March 23, 2021
Thermo Fisher Scientific to offer integrated COVID-19 testing to school districts nationwide
February 2, 2021
New England Biolabs and Color partner to provide COVID-19 testing to biotech workers essential to global pandemic response
January 4, 2021
Color announces $167 million in Series D financing to help build public health infrastructure across the U.S.
December 10, 2020
NIH’s All of Us Research Program returns first genetic results to participants
October 30, 2020
Color’s software facilitating significant increase in COVID-19 testing in California
September 16, 2020
With New EUA, Color’s COVID-19 self-collection kit enables public health and large private labs to increase access to testing
August 20, 2020
Color and researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute discover key finding to determine risk of genomic diseases
July 30, 2020
USC Student Health begins campus-wide COVID-19 testing with Color
July 27, 2020
Color receives Emergency Use Authorization for unmonitored COVID-19 testing technology
June 15, 2020
New COVID-19 test data: majority of people who test positive for COVID-19 have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic
May 20, 2020
Color receives Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 testing technology; releases return to work protocol
March 31, 2020
Color to launch COVID-19 testing lab, open-source infrastructure to bolster national response to pandemic
January 14, 2020
New Color analysis: patients at risk for diabetes miss crucial screenings in clinic
January 10, 2020
Color and Sanford Health to scale leading genomics program, Imagenetics
August 21, 2019
NIH funds genetic counseling resource ahead of million-person sequencing effort
June 3, 2019
Color wins 2019 Research Presentation Award at ISPOR
April 10, 2019
ASHG launches Human Genetics Scholars Initiative program to Increase, Network, Mentor, and Retain Diverse Early-Career Researchers
January 9, 2019
NorthShore University HealthSystem and Color unlock the power of genomics in routine care
January 7, 2019
Color to move whole genome sequencing into clinical care through 100,000-person initiative focused on polygenic risk
November 14, 2018
Jefferson to offer free genetic testing to employees
October 16, 2018
Wamberg Genomic Advisors’ Cancer Guardian, a comprehensive cancer support program, to include the Color clinical-grade genetic test
September 25, 2018
Color, Broad Institute and Partners LMM selected by NIH as genome center for historic ‘All of Us’ Research Program
May 6, 2018
Color announces population health service with launch partners including leading U.S. health systems
February 23, 2017
Cynvenio and Color partner to offer comprehensive hereditary and somatic cancer testing from simple blood draw
September 27, 2016
Color Genomics announces $45M in Series B funding
April 28, 2016
Color Genomics advances precision medicine with new test for hereditary cancers
April 11, 2016
Color Genomics democratizes access to clinical-grade genetic testing worldwide
November 17, 2015
Color Genomics receives certificate of accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP)
October 22, 2015
Color Genomics partners with University of California Health System in landmark Athena WISDOM Study
September 30, 2015
Color Genomics introduces Benefits Program
April 21, 2015
New product from Color Genomics makes comprehensive genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk affordable
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