Health

3 babies hospitalized in King County amid whooping cough outbreak

Whooping cough is on the rise in King County, in large part because kids got behind on their vaccines during the pandemic. So health officials are urging everyone — especially kids and pregnant people — to catch up on their shots.

Get ready, Seattle. Summer '24 is about to bring the heat

Western Washington is bracing for potentially record-breaking heat this weekend. While that might sou

Covid is back in Washington just in time for your summer vacation

Health experts like UW Medicine's Dr. Helen Chu didn't initially expect Covid to surge during the summer season, but as Washington heads into summer 2024, she says summer Covid will be with us for a while. It's not the only thing that doctors have noticed.

Summer Covid surge hits Washington state

Washington state is once again in the midst of a slight Covid-19 surge. It's an indication that Covid is not yet acting like a seasonal respiratory virus, like flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which show up each year in the fall and winter.

Seattle's once controversial soda tax may be paying off via children's health

A new University of Washington study concludes Seattle's soda tax is helping lower children’s body fat.

Surgeon general warns Seattle audience about the dangers of loneliness and isolation

U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy was in Seattle Wednesday, where he told an audience that loneliness is one of the crucial public health issues of the day.

Out-of-state abortions have risen in Washington since 2022

The number of out-of-state women coming to Washington for abortions went up after 2022, when national protections for abortion care ended, according to a new assessment from University of Washington Medicine.

Gay and bisexual men can donate blood and organs but not tissue like corneas