Spike in King County flu cases

January 3, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Influenza is hitting hard in King County. We caught up with Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County, to get his take on the flu season so far. What kind of levels of flu are you seeing in King County right now? Over the past two weeks we’ve seen […]

Winter is coming. Let’s talk flu vaccine.

November 3, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

November 3, 2016 It’s that time of year. The kids have been in school for a while and the germs are circulating. We sat down with Libby Page from our Immunizations Program to learn what our options are for flu vaccine this season. Why is it important to get vaccinated now? LP: Autumn is often the time […]

More protection, less ouchy: What’s new with flu vaccine in 2015

September 25, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Kids are finally back at school and that means they are passing their germs to each other and bringing them home so that parents can bring them to work. Time to get a flu vaccine! And there are new options. We sat down with Libby Page from our Immunizations Program to find out the latest. Last year’s […]

Making sense of this season’s flu vaccine

January 16, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

The CDC announced on Thursday that so far, this season’s flu vaccine offers reduced protection from the flu. I talked to Dr. Jeff Duchin, our Interim Health Officer and Chief of Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunizations, to get a handle on what this really means. Q: Does the CDC’s announcement mean that the flu vaccine isn’t […]

Flu is here—and it’s a nasty one!

December 15, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Influenza is noticeably on the rise in King County, according to the many data points coming into our Communicable Disease and Epidemiology unit. Last week, the number of laboratory tests for flu rose sharply and a handful of schools, daycare programs, and long-term care facilities reported flu outbreaks. A severe flu forecast The flu season has only […]