KUOW Newsroom UW researchers face animal welfare complaint for ferret brain experiments An animal rights organization is calling for the University of Washington to be fined for an alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act. Health Sciences researchers at the university said they gave ferrets several impacts to the skull during a traumatic brain injuries study.
KUOW Newsroom How to get around the vaping ban? Ask a Seattle-area teenager Washington State banned flavored vaping products in October 2019. According to the Washington state Department of Health, most shop owners are complying. But local teens are still finding ways to get the products.
KUOW Newsroom Is your kid missing vaccines? Seattle Schools is offering one more free clinic Michael Anthony drove his 13-year-old daughter, Aunna, all the way from Tacoma to south Seattle to get a chicken pox shot.
A New Way To Quit? Psychedelic Therapy Offers Promise For Smoking Cessation Researchers are studying a new technique for quitting cigarettes. It involves cognitive behavioral therapy and guided hallucination sparked by psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms.
KUOW Newsroom First child flu death in King County — since 2009 A King County child died of complications from influenza in a Pierce County Hospital on Sunday, according to King County-Seattle Public Health.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle scrambles to vaccinate kids: 2,200 told not to come back without shots Seattle is one of the districts now enforcing a longstanding state law that says students must be barred from school if they lack required vaccinations or exemptions.
Flu season ramps up in Washington state Washington's flu season is just ramping up and, already, three people have died from it this season.
KUOW Newsroom Amazon warehouse workers at high risk of getting seriously injured on the job Kim Malcolm talks with reporter Will Evans about his investigation into injury rates at Amazon warehouses
KUOW Newsroom Seattle Children’s ‘engaged in a cover-up' after mold infections, lawsuit claims Seattle Children's hospital is facing lawsuits over mold-related deaths and infections.
