Public Health reflects on lessons learned from COVID-19 response in summary report

December 30, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Public Health – Seattle & King County has developed an After-Action Report summarizing key information from the first two years (January 2020 – January 2022) of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Help reduce the spread of COVID-19 by improving indoor air this fall and winter

December 13, 2022.Reading time 11 minutes.

By now you may have heard that we’re experiencing high cases of flu and RSV (a respiratory disease) (in-language resources available) this fall, with young children being hospitalized. With cold weather, we spend more time inside. This increases the potential for another surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the coming months.

Diseases like RSV, the flu, and COVID-19 are airborne and spread easily indoors. With that in mind, it’s important to pay attention to indoor air quality.

Tri-demic? Time to increase protections against surging respiratory viruses

November 8, 2022.Reading time 16 minutes.

We’ve been hearing talk of a potential triple threat of viruses or a “tri-demic” this winter – a rise in multiple types of respiratory viruses. We sat down with Dr. Eric Chow, who leads our Communicable Disease and Epidemiology Section, to learn more about what’s happening and what we can do to stay safer.

Video & transcript: COVID-19 media briefing

October 13, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a media briefing on October 13, 2022, to share information and take questions about COVID-19, updated boosters for adults and children, and the local monkeypox outbreak.

Navigators bring the personal touch to the COVID-19 response

October 3, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

A collage showing some of the COVID-19 response work that Public Health's community navigators have been involved in.

Meet the community navigators: a group of trusted community leaders, organizers and health workers collaborating with Public Health to help us stay true to our equity goals.