Unraveling the myth of MMR and autism

September 9, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

More than eight months into the nation’s largest measles outbreak in decades, there’s a lot of misinformation circulating about the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR). To help you figure out what’s fact and what’s fiction, we put together simple answers to some common questions about MMR. Download the complete, printable infographic here. For more […]

Seattle’s Soda Tax Almost Entirely Passed on to Consumers, Researchers Find

January 10, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

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.

Retail Cannabis and Research: A Joint Venture

November 26, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

There isn’t a lot of research on cannabis, but ADAI is challenging that.

New data, new insight about the health of our region

October 3, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

A new report by a collaborative of 11 hospitals and health systems, in partnership with Public Health – Seattle & King County, provides insight into some of the most relevant health issues impacting our local communities.

Safety, stress and public health: Chinatown-International District neighborhood voices

October 18, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

In the first segment, What you may not know about health in the CID, we shared insights about the Chinatown-International District from the perspective of analyzing neighborhood-level health data. In this second segment, we talk with Valerie Tran, Healthy Communities Program Manager of the InterIm Community Development Association (InterIm CDA) to learn about their recent community public […]

Hesitation blues: Are more parents refusing to vaccinate?

September 8, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

A recent study from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests that more doctors are encountering parents who are refusing vaccines for their children. What did the study show, and why is this trend happening? We sat down with Libby Page, Public Health’s Immunization Assessment and Promotion Program Manager to find out more. Libby, what […]