A new case of measles diagnosed in a King County resident

May 25, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

New measles cases have been identified in King County, WA. Most people are protected through immunization, but anyone who has not been vaccinated or not had the measles may be at risk if they were in a location of potential measles exposure.

Fourth recent King County measles case confirmed this month

May 21, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Measles cases in King County increased to four for the month of May, with a total of seven recent cases in Washingtonians.

Four new measles cases in Washington, two in King County

May 15, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

Four new cases of measles have been identified in Washington, and two of those cases are in King County. Check the list of public exposures if you don’t have immunity to measles.

Tuberculosis at a Global Crossroads: Time to Bring the Heat

November 14, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

A quarter of the world’s population, including 100,000 people in King County, are estimated to be infected with TB bacteria! And this preventable, curable disease still kills more people each year than any other infectious disease including HIV and malaria. In King County, two new cases of TB disease are diagnosed each week on average.

Why you might want to get a hepatitis A vaccine

September 12, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

You have probably heard about the hepatitis A outbreaks occurring around the country. These outbreaks primarily have affected people living homeless or unsheltered, or people who inject drugs. Although conditions that would facilitate a large hepatitis A outbreak exist locally, we have not had an outbreak among persons experiencing homelessness or who use injection drugs […]

Local cases of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce outbreak

April 27, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Two King County siblings, both under age 5, have been diagnosed with E. coli 0157:H7 infections that genetically match the ongoing national outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. One child was hospitalized and has since been discharged. Both children have recovered and neither child developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure that can result […]