Monday is last day for free COVID-19 vaccinations at Auburn Outlet Mall

June 7, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Auburn Mall vaccination team standing in a row, wearing masks, in front of the site inside the mall. A sign reads: Walk-in appointments accepted today.

Free COVID-19 vaccinations for all ages will be available Friday, June 9 through Monday, June 12 at this site, no appointment needed. This is a great opportunity to get caught up with the bivalent booster, especially for people ages 50 years and older and people who are immunocompromised who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19.

Commemorate Gun Violence Awareness Day June 2, 2023

May 31, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

Group of people wearing the color orange at a gun violence awareness day event. Stacks of gun lockboxes are on a table.

In honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day this June 2, 2023, Public Health – Seattle & King County’s Regional Gun Violence program is partnering with community organizations to host gun lockbox giveaway events throughout the county.

New case of measles in King County

May 20, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Public Health – Seattle & King County is investigating a confirmed measles case in a child. People who were at Aki Kurose Middle School, Pike Place Market, World Market, and HopeCentral Pediatrics & Behavioral Health in Seattle may have been exposed to measles if they were there within the time span that this person passed through while infectious.

Third Year Anniversary of Con Confianza y En Comunidad!

May 16, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

Con Confianza y En Comunidad celebrates their 3rd year anniversary: Learn more about how the Latinx Community Response Team responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they’ve evolved to serve the needs of Latinos throughout King County.

We’ve updated our COVID-19 vaccination outcomes data

May 10, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

Una persona en un vehículo, con una máscara, levanta el pulgar. Una persona con bata quirúrgica y guantes le da una vacuna.

We’ve updated our COVID-19 data dashboards. Our goal is to make it easier for people to find and understand the current data on Outcomes by Vaccination Status.

Q & A on recent Klebsiella outbreak at Virginia Mason Medical Center

April 28, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

Klebsiella is a bacteria that can lead to infections in hospital settings. We sat down with public health experts to answer some common questions about a recent outbreak and what the public needs to know.