Seattle Faces a Pandemic: Part 2 of “Pandemic in Seattle”

September 13, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

We present the second installment of a 4-part comic strip commemorating the centennial of the 1918 influenza pandemic. Stay tuned in to the Public Health Insider to see a new chapter each week this month! This comic strip series, illustrated by David Lasky and written by Meredith Li-Vollmer, commemorates the centennial of the Great Pandemic of […]

Seattle a Century Ago: Pandemic in Seattle, Part 1

September 6, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

One hundred years ago this fall a terrible influenza outbreak arrived in King County and Washington state, part of a pandemic that had spread around the globe. Just ten years ago, artist David Lasky and I created our first comic book together, No Ordinary Flu, that told what happened in the United States during the […]

Measles case in King County resident returning from travel

August 24, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Globe with red dots on several continents to indicate places where the measles is still common.

Local public health officials have confirmed measles infection in a King County man who had recently traveled to Asia. Before he was diagnosed, he may have exposed others to the measles at Sea-Tac Airport and the waiting room of the Emergency Department of Harborview Medical Center during specific time periods. He reportedly wore a face […]

New cases of Legionnaires’ Disease at Local Hospital

August 25, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

The University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) has notified Public Health – Seattle & King County of two patients who were diagnosed with a serious type of pneumonia called Legionnaires’ disease caused by infection with Legionella bacteria. The patients’ medical histories suggest that exposure to Legionella happened while hospitalized at UWMC. The first patient, a male in his 40’s, […]

TB evaluation at the University of Washington Seattle campus

October 27, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

An X-ray of the chest of a man with tuberculosis. The areas infected with TB bacteria are colored red. Science Photo Library/Corbis

Public Health – Seattle & King County is following up on a person at the University of Washington Seattle campus who was diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). Public Health is working with the UW to determine whether others have contracted TB from exposure to this person. The University and Public Health are contacting all individuals who had […]

Why 50-year-old housing practices could be linked to poor health outcomes today

July 21, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Did you know racist housing practices from more than 50 years ago could be linked with poor health outcomes today? We have evidence that residential segregation, which still exists in Seattle and King County, may be a factor.