PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff

It’s time to call the plumber: Portraits of Public Health

October 28, 2026.Reading time 6 minutes.

Portrait of a smiling man with salt-and-pepper hair and deep brown skin, wearing a suit and tie.

Why is plumbing essential to public health? We sat down with Eric, who leads our team of approximately 20 plumbing professionals, to find out.

Combatting stigma with personal stories: Portraits of Public Health

March 26, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

Illustration of Lana - white woman with long blonde hair, wearing a light blue collared shirt.

In our latest Portrait of Public Health, we meet Lana, a nurse and educator at Public Health’s TB Clinic, who uses her own immigration story to build trust with other new arrivals to discuss the stigmatized topic of tuberculosis (TB).