Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff
Update on 1.23.19 at 7:30 p.m.: Laboratory tests have confirmed this as a measles case. Original post: Disease investigators from Public Health – Seattle & King County are investigating a suspected measles infection in a King County resident. The King County resident, a male in his 50s, was hospitalized but has since recovered. It is […]
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As an update to the report of several overdoses in the north area of Seattle on Thursday, January 17th, testing from one of the syringes found at the scene is positive for fentanyl. This tells us that fentanyl is likely to have been involved in at least one overdose and we suspect it may have […]
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People who use illicit drugs should take extra care and not use drugs alone.
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Whether they meet at the playground or on the soccer field, kids exude joy when they play together. But for many families that include a child with a disability, this simple joy can be hard to reach.
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Researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) found the cost of Seattle’s so-called soda tax was almost entirely passed on to consumers.
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The Seattle Squeeze is coming, and locals are gearing up for what could be the one traffic jam to rule them all. In case you’ve been in a news and social media blackout (and these days, who could blame you), this will be the period starting January 11 through early February when SR 99 is […]
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