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Anxieties Rise, Californians Buy Hundreds of Thousands More Guns

October 28, 2020

Handgun sales in California have risen to unprecedented levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, and experts say first-time buyers are driving the trend.

Coronavirus, Public Health

What Exactly Is A Close Contact?

October 23, 2020

Public Health Insider, Public Health – Seattle & King County One of the most important steps we can take in slowing the spread of COVID-19 is for anyone who has had close contact with an infected person to get tested…

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Coronavirus, Public Health

The Curve is Fattening, Not Flattening. What Can We Do?

October 22, 2020

Now is not the time to give up. If we are lax we will fatten the curve, not flatten it. The smart thing to do is to wait this out until we have a vaccine.

Coronavirus, Public Health

COVID-19 cases rise sharply in western Washington

October 20, 2020

COVID-19 case numbers in western Washington counties are climbing at an alarming rate, near or beyond previous peaks in some areas.

Coronavirus, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Public Health

Inside the Fall of the CDC

October 15, 2020

How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders.

Coronavirus, Public Health

COVID-19 transmission rises in western Washington.

October 14, 2020

Rates flat — but higher in eastern Washington.

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Coronavirus, Public Health

How do pandemics end?

October 14, 2020

History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone. The plague, which caused the Black Death, still pops up.

Child Health, Coronavirus, Public Health

COVID-19 Cases are rising in king county – what does that mean for schools?

October 13, 2020

At our current level of COVID-19 transmission, DOH guidance recommends distance learning for the vast majority of students.

Coronavirus, Prevention, Public Health

Being outdoors doesn’t mean you’re safe from COVID-19

October 11, 2020

Being outdoors doesn’t mean you’re safe from COVID-19 – a White House event showed what not to do

Coronavirus, Public Health, University of Washington

COVID-19 cases in UW Greek System now total more than 160

October 6, 2020

The rapid increase in cases from 2 in early September to more than 160 now shows that COVID-19 spreads readily in the shared housing common on Greek Row.

Coronavirus, Public Health

How to cut your COVID-19 risk while indoors

October 2, 2020

As we head into fall and winter, we spend less time outdoors and more time indoors, where the risk of COVID-19 spread is higher.

Public Health

Local Health Officials Worry CDC Has ‘Lost Its Soul’

September 25, 2020

Conflicting recommendations from the CDC along with less transparency is causing a growing number of local public health officials to ignore the agency.

Coronavirus, Public Health

Students’ Mass Migration Back to College Gets a Failing Grade

September 17, 2020

Who thought it would be a good idea to move thousands of teenagers and young adults across the country to college campuses during a pandemic?

Air Pollution, Environment, Environmental Health, Lungs

What’s in wildfire smoke, and why is it so bad for your lungs?

September 13, 2020

As smoke travels through the air, exposure sun and interactions with other chemicals in the atmosphere can make it more toxic.

Coronavirus, Public Health

Anti-COVID-19 measures helping to tamp down other respiratory infections

September 11, 2020

While it is hard to quantify the exact effects of the COVID-19 mitigation efforts, reductions are almost certainly due to the COVID-19 control efforts.

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