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03/02/2022
Helix Statement on the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan
01/05/2022
Helix Expands Leadership Team to Support Rapid Growth into New Segments of Healthcare
12/31/2021
Helix to Advance and Scale Viral Early Warning Efforts with Financial Support from The Rockefeller Foundation
11/18/2021
Helix and Cue Health Collaborate to Provide Individuals with Access to their COVID-19 Variant Sequencing Information
09/20/2021
MUSC and Helix Launch In Our DNA SC, First-of-its-Kind Population Genomics Program to Drive Preventive, Precision Health Care for South Carolinians
06/03/2021
Helix Announces $50 Million Series C Funding to Continue Acceleration into Clinical Population Genomics and COVID-19 Viral Surveillance
05/06/2021
Marc Stapley Assumes Role of Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Helix; President and Co-founder James Lu Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
04/08/2021
Helix Announces Partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks to Support Back to School COVID-19 Testing Across the Western U.S.
01/21/021
Helix Launches a COVID-19 Viral Surveillance Dashboard to Track Emergence and Prevalence of New SARS-CoV-2 Variants
08/10/2020
Helix Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the HelixⓇ COVID-19 NGS Test, One of the First Sequencing-Based COVID-19 Tests
07/13/2020
Helix Partners with San Diego County to Make COVID-19 Testing Accessible for Those Who Need It Most
01/29/2020
Helix and Renown Health publish Largest-Ever Genome-Wide Rare Variant Analysis on Thousands of Clinical Phenotypes
01/09/2020
Mayo Clinic to Sequence 100,000 Participants to Build Genomic Database for Improved Care and Research in Collaboration with Helix
05/07/2019
Population Health Study Goes Statewide As University Medical Center of Southern Nevada Serves As Host Site For Enrollment Of 25,000 More Nevadans
04/25/2019
Helix Expands Focus to Population Health Solutions and Appoints Illumina Veteran Marc Stapley as CEO
Washington Post
05/08/2022
We have early warnings for hurricanes. We need one for pandemics.
NPR
05/04/2022
What's Up With The New Omicron Variants
U.S. News
05/02/2022
New Omicron Subvariant Spreading in U.S. as Coronavirus Cases Increase
NBC Reno
04/26/2022
Well-Being Wednesday: Free Genetic Testing
CBS Minnesota
04/25/2022
HealthPartners Seeks 100K Participants For Free Genetic Testing Program
CNN
04/20/2022
New versions of Omicron variant make gains against BA.2
Beckers
04/07/2022
How population genomics is changing clinical care at health systems - 4 takeaways
NBC KARE11
04/06/2022
HealthPartners seeks 100,000 volunteers to participate in DNA testing program
04/01/2022
How the next coronavirus variant could emerge
ABC News
03/23/2022
Omicron sub-variant quickly becoming dominant strain in U.S.
03/21/2022
MUSC announces next phase of population genomics initiative
US News & World Report
03/18/2022
EXPLAINER: What to Know About the ‘Deltacron’ Hybrid Coronavirus Variant
Fortune
03/13/2022
‘Deltacron,’ the Delta-Omicron hybrid COVID variant, appears to be in the U.S., according to a new study
USA Today
03/10/2022
There may be a new COVID variant, Deltacron. Here's what we know about it.
Nasdaq
Public-Private Partnerships are Key to Improving America's Pandemic Response Now and in the Future
Inventing Tomorrow Podcast
02/09/2022
Dr. James Lu: The Big Pivot
American Journal of Managed Care
02/02/2022
Has the Time Arrived to Incorporate Genetic Testing Into Health Care?
The Wall Street Journal
12/17/2021
Omicron Variant’s Rapid Spread Triggers New U.S. Precautions
Miami Herald
12/15/2021
Delta caused Florida’s worst COVID wave. What will omicron bring?
GenomeWeb
09/18/2021
Helix Study Identifies Additional Genes for Population Genetic Screening
08/10/2021
Business Insider
06/14/2021
How DNA-testing startup Helix became one of the nation's leading coronavirus tracking labs
eSchool News
06/09/2021
Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools? Here’s what to know before diving in
HealthcareNOW
05/28/2021
The Incrementalist: Genetic Screening for the Whole Population with James Lu MD PhD
Government Technology
04/20/2021
Ginkgo and Helix Partner on Pooled COVID Testing for Schools
The New York Times
04/06/2021
As Variants Have Spread, Progress Against the Virus in U.S. Has Stalled
03/31/21
Experts predicted the UK variant would become dominant in the US by March. So, is it?
San Diego Tribune
03/31/2021
COVID-19 strain first spotted in U.K. spreading quickly, San Diego scientists report
Mendelspod
02/16/2021
Playing Catch Up--Viral Surveillance in the U.S. with Will Lee of Helix
02/07/2021
Virus Variant First Found in Britain Now Spreading Rapidly in U.S.
02/06/2021
U.K. Variant Makes Up Growing Percentage of Covid-19 Cases in Florida
Critical Mention
01/15/2021
Dr. James Lu Interview on New COVID-19 variants discovered in the U.S.
Business Wire
Illumina and Helix Collaborate to Assess Prevalence of New SARS-CoV-2 UK Variant (B.1.1.7) in the US and Develop National Surveillance Infrastructure
01/11/2021
Helix Obtains FDA Authorization for Exome Sequencing Platform, Alzheimer's Disease Risk Test
10/26/2020
Helix Coronavirus Test FDA EUA Reissued to Include Specimen Self-Collection
TechCrunch
07/31/2020
Genomics startup Helix receives $33 million in NIH funding to scale COVID-19 testing
