11/30/2017
This World’s AIDS Day marks great progress in King County and Washington state. The numbers of new HIV diagnoses in King County are at their lowest level since 1998 and at the lowest level in...
07/22/2018
With growing evidence that chemicals in food colorings, preservatives, and packaging can interfere with children's growth and development, the American Academy of Pediatrics today said reforms are...
10/15/2018
Almost any schoolchild can tell you: We prevent cavities by brushing our teeth, because that’s how you remove the sticky film containing millions of decay-causing germs.
But this notion is more of an...
07/03/2019
As medical science links certain genetic mutations with a greater variety of cancers, the names for these risk syndromes are falling out of step.
It’s more than just a name. These outdated...
03/03/2020
COVID-19 Case
We have received notice from Public Health – Seattle & King County that a presumptive positive coronavirus case has been detected in a 54-year-old man who was admitted to...
04/08/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges not only for front-line caregivers but also for healthcare workers in training. Reflections of more than 300 medical students, residents, and fellows at the...
01/04/2021
Giving one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States could curtail the spread of the SARS-CoV-19 in the community more quickly than the recommended two doses, say two...