Public Health

Friday was the last day on the job for the head of Public Health – Seattle & King County. Patty Hayes retires after seven years in charge of the agency…

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday warned that Washington state was on the cusp of a fourth COVID-19 wave with case numbers and hospitalizations…

King County public health officials estimate that it will take six months to vaccinate enough people to tamp down the coronavirus pandemic, even with an…

Pierce County residents had their first opportunity to respond to a controversial proposal that would terminate a public health partnership between the…

For weeks, public health officials have been sending the same message: confirmed COVID-19 cases are rising quickly in many parts of Washington state, and…

King County is getting a new, 5-acre park. It will serve an urban area where residents currently have to travel at least 2 miles to get to open space.…

The King County Board of Health is expected to take action Thursday on a resolution declaring racism as a public health crisis. Executive Dow Constantine…

Washington doctors say they plan to do more to prevent gun-related injuries and deaths, including asking patients whether they own guns and screening them…

Health officials have linked two cases of Hepatitis C to a nurse in a Pierce County emergency room who may have shared needles with unwitting patients,…

Restaurants in most of King County, including in Seattle, are now required to post their “smiley face” health department food safety rating.Public Health…