How to keep Medicaid Apple Health insurance as policies change

March 15, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Thousands of people who have Apple Health insurance risk losing coverage in coming months. Public Health and its partners in the community are helping them take action in time.

Video & transcript: COVID-19 media briefing

March 9, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Dr. Eric Chow, Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology for Public Health – Seattle & King County, held a media briefing on March 8, 2023, to share information and take questions about where we are in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Where we’re at with COVID-19: A conversation with Dr. Jeff Duchin

March 3, 2023.Reading time 16 minutes.

Four adults, ages ranging from 30s to 70s, rolling up their sleeves to show band aids from where they got vaccinated.

Compared to earlier in the pandemic, we’re in a much better place with COVID-19, but it hasn’t gone away. We asked our Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin, to share his thoughts on COVID-19 cases, vaccination, masking, and outlook in King County.

Updated COVID-19 race and ethnicity data dashboard helps to identify health risks and burdens in King County

February 22, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

A woman with dark curly hair is working at a laptop.

An update to Public Health’s COVID-19 Race and Ethnicity dashboard makes the data easier to read and understand, and addresses important questions around racial and ethnic health disparities.

To Public Health, with all our hearts

February 14, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Text: Norovirus is like love at first sight. Sudden, intense, and you can’t help sharing it with everyone.

This Valentine’s Day, we’re showing some love to public health professionals everywhere. Happy Valentine’s Day!

New case of measles in King County

January 21, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

Public Health – Seattle & King County is investigating a confirmed measles case in a King County resident, an adult female. The individual was at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Providence Swedish First Hill while infectious. Anyone who was at these locations within the time span that this person passed through may have been exposed to measles.