Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff
Lead exposure can harm brain growth in young children, so it’s important for toddlers and preschoolers to be tested for lead if they have any of the risk factors. We’re offering free lead testing at many events this August, and we have a comic strip to explain why testing for lead benefits young children.
Read MoreThe investigation and public health response for the cluster of HIV cases in north Seattle among heterosexuals who use injection drugs continues. Most importantly, we have not identified any new cases of HIV transmission in the past week. We did determine that one case diagnosed in early 2018 is linked to the cluster. Therefore, the […]
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Public Health – Seattle & King County has recently identified an increase in the number of new HIV cases among heterosexuals who inject drugs in King County. HIV infection is typically much less common among heterosexuals in King County than among men who have sex with men (MSM). But the risk for HIV infection increases […]
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It’s been just over a year since King County had its first diagnosed case of Zika virus infection. We caught up with medical epidemiologist Dr. Meagan Kay, DVM, to find out what we’ve learned about Zika virus since then, and what concerns health experts have now. At this time last year, Meagan, you were expecting […]
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