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KUOW Newsroom Feverish or sneezy? Step right into this Seattle flu kiosk Health officials want to map out where the flu bug hits Seattle this season, and they're asking people with fever and sneezing to help out.
Why The Measles Surge Could Open The Door To A Host Of Other Diseases There's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza viruses to diarrheal disease.
Seattle kids without measles vaccine or paperwork will be excluded from school When Tracy Bennett, the head of Seattle Waldorf School, got word last spring that the state would make it a lot harder to forgo the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, she got to work.
KUOW Newsroom Washington parents can't opt out of MMR vaccine for philosophical reasons More kids will need the measles vaccine in order to legally attend public or private schools in Washington this fall. That comes after a recent change to state law.
Another measles outbreak spreads, this time in Seattle area A seventh person was diagnosed with measles on Tuesday.
All Things Considered The Other Reasons Kids Aren't Getting Vaccinations: Poverty and Health Care Access Religious and ideological opposition to vaccines has fueled the current measles outbreak. But there's another factor driving low vaccination rates in some communities: poverty.
KUOW Newsroom As measles outbreak hits Western Washington, here's what you need to know Paige Browning talks with Dr. Jeff Duchin about the current outbreak of measles in the Puget Sound region.
Unvaccinated students and staff barred from two Seattle-area schools after new measles cases After a staff member at Issaquah High School and a student at North Creek High School in Bothell were diagnosed with measles, Public Health Seattle-King County and Snohomish Health District told the schools to keep out any unimmunized students and staff for at least three weeks.
KUOW Newsroom Traveler with measles hit most of Seattle's hot tourist spots A man who traveled through Seattle has tested positive for measles. Here are the popular tourist spots he visited.
