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.
Tough Fire Season Takes Toll on Firefighters’ Mental Health
It’s not uncommon for wildland firefighters, even in a less-intense year, to develop depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders or suicidal thoughts.
Even With ACA’s Fate in Flux, Open Enrollment Starts Soon. Here’s What’s New.
Despite the ongoing debate about the ACA, enrollment and premium prices are not forecast to shift much.
COVID-19 Patients Swamp Rural Hospitals
The nation’s pandemic hotspots have shifted to rural communities, overwhelming small hospitals that are running out of beds or lack enough intensive care units.
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.
Emissions Exposure May Increase COVID-19 Mortality
New research suggests pollutants spewed out of car tailpipes are making the people who breathe them at high levels more likely to die from COVID-19.
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.
How to keep your muscles as you age
You can lose up to 40% of your muscle mass between your 20s and your 80s. Known as sarcopenia, this is the gradual loss of muscle mass that occurs as we age.
One in seven US youth obese, stud
Rates among youth age 10-17 in Washington state was 11.9 percent, among adults over 20, 28.3 percent.
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.
Coronavirus: 3 types of vaccine hesitancy that needs to be address
Sceptics aren’t all the same
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 ‘Long-Haulers’ Worry About Coverage, Costs
One in three of symptomatic adults who tested positive for COVID-19 said they had not returned to their usual state of health 2 to 3 weeks after their tests.