HIV in King County: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Balkus

May 14, 2025.Reading time 16 minutes.

Staff at Sexual Health Clinic in King County

Over the past decade, King County has made remarkable progress in HIV prevention, care and treatment. What’s working, what’s changed, and what challenges lie ahead?

Working together to end HIV in King County

February 21, 2024.Reading time 7 minutes.

Since the start of the HIV epidemic over 40 years ago our community has worked to diagnose treat and prevent HIV. Together, we have made strides in the fight against HIV in King County, including being the first urban jurisdiction in the U.S. to meet United Nations goals aimed at ending the HIV epidemic.

New report released today indicates HIV outbreak in people who inject drugs in King County appears to be over, though population’s vulnerability persists

December 16, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

While the decrease in new cases is welcome news, much can still be done to lower risk for HIV transmission and assure that those who are HIV-positive are able to live healthy lives. Early diagnosis is critical to get people on treatment and virally suppressed. In King County, 85% of people with an HIV diagnosis are virally suppressed. People with virally suppressed HIV generally feel well and are unable to spread the virus to others.

An update on the increased HIV risk among people who inject drugs in King County

April 18, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

As the Insider reported last summer, there has been an unusual increase in the number of HIV infections among people who inject drugs in King County. A new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article describes the increase in detail, and we summarize some of the key findings below: In 2018, a total of 30 women […]

Possible risk of infections from dental clinic in Burien

December 18, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

Public Health – Seattle & King County (Public Health) advises patients who received dental services from the George M. Davis Dental Clinic in Burien, WA to consider being tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infection. The George M. Davis Dental Clinic, in operation since 1982, has been closed following an infection control inspection […]

World AIDS Day: An update on HIV in King County

November 30, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

Each year, World AIDS Day is a chance to take note of our successes, on-going challenges and opportunities responding to the HIV epidemic. World AIDS Day this year is December 1st. While the news is good in important areas, there are troubling issues as well. We sat down with Dr. Matthew Golden, MD, HIV/STD Control […]