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Patricia Marín still remembers the day nine years ago when her daughter Azul started coughing and couldn't stop. Her breathing was ragged.At the time,…
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We take for granted living in a post-antibiotic world. Go ahead: climb that ladder to hang Christmas lights, get a stent to open a blood vessel, let your…
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Medical researchers have for years wanted to develop a longer lasting flu vaccine. A more effective version would mean people wouldn't need to get…
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Seattle’s new soda tax hits stores on January 1. Officials hope the tax - 1.75 pennies for every ounce of sugary drinks purchased - will help decrease…
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Three patients at the University of Washington Medical Center have been diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease this week. One of them died Friday and now…
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Safe injection sites in King County will be located only cities that welcome them. That's the upshot of a vote by the King County Council this week.King…
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It's official: Seattle plans to be the first city in the United States to open a site for users to inject illegal drugs – without police…
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Seattle and King County could open the nation's first supervised drug use site. The idea doesn't have formal approval, but King County's Board of Health…
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Supervised drug consumption sites have the approval of King County's Board of Health. On Thursday, the board unanimously endorsed the idea, after a task…
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People eating out in King County now have a new way to compare restaurants. King County Public Health began phasing in new food safety rating signs…