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A comic-book approach to public health. King County's winning formula

When Meredith Li-Vollmer started working for King County's health department almost 20 years ago, the department was putting out a variety of public health information — making brochures and fliers, designing newspaper inserts, presenting information on its webpage, and showing slides during community presentations. Li-Vollmer saw an opportunity to reach more people by making the county’s health information more entertaining and fun — as comic books.
- Kyle Norris
A King County doctor pleaded guilty to assaulting a minor. He may be allowed to practice medicine again

Content warning: This story contains references to the sexual abuse of a minor and references suicide.
- Katie Campbell
Washington's medical board gets ombuds funding amid push to improve public trust, communication

The regulatory authority that oversees doctors in Washington will create an ombudsman's office in an effort to improve communication with the public.
- Katie Campbell
Washington state doctors, lawmakers question federal changes to Covid vaccine recs

Experts worry new federal Covid vaccine guidance advice runs contrary to science and could lead to fewer people getting vaccinated.
- Eilís O'Neill
This Bellingham theater teaches improv to people with memory loss

If you've ever taken an improv class, you know they make you do some goofy stuff, like communicate with sounds, not words, and play out all kinds of unique situations. At The Upfront Theatre in Bellingham, an improv class was created especially for students who have early stage memory loss.
- Kyle Norris
Washington state groups sue Trump administration over sweeping public health data erasures

Three Washington state groups that represent health care workers have joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the sweeping deletion of federal public health data, calling the removals “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasoned.”
- KUOW Staff
Immunotherapy for dogs? Seattle-based nonprofit backs promising canine cancer vaccine

So far, the vaccine has been given to 600 dogs at 11 clinics across the U.S., including two in Washington state.
- Stephen Howie
Fred Hutch lays off staff in IT, HIV research

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center laid off an undisclosed number of employees Wednesday.
- Monica Nickelsburg
A Seattle doctor was investigated for fertility fraud. The case highlights tension between patient, physician rights

KUOW reviewed hundreds of pages of Washington Medical Commission documents and state legal codes and found a tension the agency faces: balancing a doctor’s right to due process with a patient’s desire for more information about the people they trust with their health care.
- Katie Campbell
Washington joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration for cutting billions in public health funding

Washington state is among 24 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to block its sudden termination of $11 billion in grant funding for public health agencies.
- Scott Greenstone

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