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She led King County's public health efforts for years. Now …

WEBFriday was the last day on the job for the head of Public Health – Seattle & King County. Patty Hayes retires after seven years in charge of the agency and after 30 …

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Tacoma mayor, public weigh in on controversial plan to …

WEBAbigail Zulock, staff representative for the union that represents 125 health department employees, said this plan is not how you thank the people who are working …

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After downsizing health care for years, Pentagon says …

WEBEven before the wars ended the Pentagon activated a plan to tame massive health care costs by pushing military medical care into the private sector, especially for …

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Kaiser Permanente and Washington workers reach deal to …

WEBKaiser Permanente workers in Washington voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if they do not reach a new contract with the health care provider by …

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Health and equity initiatives clear the way for new forest …

WEBKing County is getting a new, 5-acre park. It will serve an urban area where residents currently have to travel at least 2 miles to get to open space. It’s coming …

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Hospital visits for respiratory viruses on the rise in King …

WEBA patient is given a flu vaccine Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Public health officials in King County say more residents need to get the updated COVID vaccine as cases of …

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Highest-ranking transgender official Rachel Levine visits …

WEBAssistant U.S. Secretary for Health Rachel Levine made a rare visit to the gender clinic at Seattle Children's hospital on Tuesday. The country's highest-ranking …

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Seattle Children’s nurses pen letter about low staffing …

WEBNurses at Seattle Children's Hospital are demanding hospital officials provide safety measures and increase staffing to deal with patients they said are becoming …

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After Washington state lawsuit, Providence health system …

WEBProvidence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington — and it's erasing $137 million more in …

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Upwards of 16,000 immigrants on track to enroll in WA …

WEBThe findings show that at least 16,000 people are on track to be covered by the state’s upcoming Medicaid expansion for immigrants. Beginning Nov. 1, 2023, …

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The Fatal Consequences Of A Broken Mental Health System, And …

WEBSound Effect producer Allie Ferguson has been making radio for nearly 5 years. She got her start at KUOW and has since traveled the country working for …

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Tacoma resource fair provides alternative to 'crisis pregnancy …

WEBTacoma resource fair hopes to provide alternative to 'crisis pregnancy centers'. Rachel Herbst and local organizers in Tacoma put together the Grit City …

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Patients say keto helps with their mental illness. Science is racing …

WEBBut some doctors had already started researching it after seeing the potential in their practice, among them Chris Palmer, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School …

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Everett Police issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl in …

WEBOfficials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate instances in which fentanyl was left unsecured …

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A new book chronicles the history of homelessness in Seattle

WEBPublished August 7, 2021 at 5:00 AM PDT. Listen • 6:22. Josephine Ensign's new book, "Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City." …

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Flooded clinic forces hundreds to seek methadone outside Seattle

WEBStaff at Evergreen's Seattle clinic prepare the last bus of the day to Renton on Jan. 19, 2024. This week, many people trying to get medication for drug addiction in …

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Washington AG’s office, DSHS fined for evidence withholding

WEBSEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state attorney general’s office and Department of Social and Health Services have been fined $200,000 — and could pay …

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‘Tragic outcomes’: Mentally ill face fatal risk with police

WEBA memorial for Arcadio Castillo III, who was shot by Salem police, hangs on the wall of his parents' home in Salem, Ore., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. When Misty …

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College student explores rare mental health condition in award …

WEBBy Elissa Nadworny , Janet W. Lee. Published May 2, 2024 at 2:00 AM PDT. Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR. Professor Emily Sendin of Miami Dade College (L) …

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Health inspectors turned away at Tacoma ICE detention center as …

WEBActivists with the group La Resistencia say there’s been a hunger strike at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Northwest Processing Center in Tacoma …

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Inslee rolls out $815 million plan to address homelessness

WEBInslee’s plan looks to spend about $815 million, with more than two-thirds covered by federal coronavirus funding the state has received. His proposal looks to …

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