Category: Public Health
Anxieties Rise, Californians Buy Hundreds of Thousands More Guns
Handgun sales in California have risen to unprecedented levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, and experts say first-time buyers are driving the trend.
What Exactly Is A Close Contact?
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…
The Curve is Fattening, Not Flattening. What Can We Do?
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.
COVID-19 cases rise sharply in western Washington
COVID-19 case numbers in western Washington counties are climbing at an alarming rate, near or beyond previous peaks in some areas.
Inside the Fall of the CDC
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.
COVID-19 transmission rises in western Washington.
Rates flat — but higher in eastern Washington.
How do pandemics end?
History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone. The plague, which caused the Black Death, still pops up.
COVID-19 Cases are rising in king county – what does that mean for schools?
At our current level of COVID-19 transmission, DOH guidance recommends distance learning for the vast majority of students.
Being outdoors doesn’t mean you’re safe from COVID-19
Being outdoors doesn’t mean you’re safe from COVID-19 – a White House event showed what not to do
COVID-19 cases in UW Greek System now total more than 160
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.
How to cut your COVID-19 risk while indoors
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.
Local Health Officials Worry CDC Has ‘Lost Its Soul’
Conflicting recommendations from the CDC along with less transparency is causing a growing number of local public health officials to ignore the agency.
Students’ Mass Migration Back to College Gets a Failing Grade
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?
What’s in wildfire smoke, and why is it so bad for your lungs?
As smoke travels through the air, exposure sun and interactions with other chemicals in the atmosphere can make it more toxic.
Anti-COVID-19 measures helping to tamp down other respiratory infections
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.