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Why this Seattle mom finally got her kids vaccinated after years of saying no
A Seattle mom held off on vaccinating her kids because she was concerned about their fledgling immune systems. Then she got cancer.
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Lifetime flu vaccine research at UW gets big dose of funding
Research on a lifetime flu vaccine just got a major boost, thanks to a 45 million dollar grant to The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
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As youth suicides increase, these teens want to save lives
How do you prevent kids from dying? Involve the whole school, says one University of Washington program.
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The kids are not alright. High schools grapple with rising rates of mental illness
With rates of mental health disorders among adolescents are on the rise, some schools are working to provide more mental health education and more support for struggling students.
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Tax form typo, or is your employee undocumented?
"No-match" letters are sent by the Social Security Administration when there’s a typo on W-2 forms. But in some cases, they indicate the employee is using a fake social security number. What does that mean in today’s immigration climate?
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After dehydration death, grieving father and new jail chief forge surprising bond
Four years ago this month, 25-year-old Keaton Farris died naked, dehydrated and malnourished on the floor of an isolation cell in the Island County Jail...
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Sawant: This is the time to push for rent control
Rent control could become a campaign issue in Seattle this election. Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant wants to limit rent increases to the rate of inflation. That’s despite a statewide ban on rent control. The state ban would have to be lifted before landlords actually had to cap any rents.
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Boeing’s latest troubles could mean sunset for the 737
It's the highest selling commercial airliner in history. But now the future of the 737 is in doubt.
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‘Our relatives under the water.’ Lummi release salmon to ailing orcas
Lummi tribal members released one live chinook salmon into the Salish Sea on Wednesday as a spiritual offering to J17, an orca matriarch who has been ailing.
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Friday politics: An upbeat Jay Inslee stumbles on the campaign trail
CNN, CBS, MSNBC. New York, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina. It’s a big week for Gov. Jay Inslee in his 2020 presidential campaign.
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Seattle police tackle urban disorder...by running for City Council
‘We can’t arrest our way out of homelessness.’ That’s the mantra of local law enforcement. But some police officers say they’re caught in the middle amid complaints of crime and disorder. Now some officers are highlighting their challenges, by jumping into district races for the Seattle City Council.
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Light rail to Federal Way is one step closer to reality
Light rail to Federal Way is one big step closer to reality.