Immunity after infection is unpredictable while vaccination leads to reliable protection
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Why did it take so long for the West to adopt masks?
Masks help prevent the spread of COVID-19, yet masking policies in the West have featured some spectacular policy wrong turns.
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Is the new lambda COVID variant more dangerous?
Studies are ongoing, but for now, lambda remains a variant of interest rather than a variant of concern.
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Court ruling may embolden healthcare workers to call out safety issues
Decision could mean that hospitals and other employers will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the news media and posting on social media.
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Reporter set out to compare hospital prices. After three months, he gave up.
Lesson: Don’t try this at home.
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Heat-related deaths in Washington state climb to 78 after historic heat wave
To compare, in 2020, there were seven heat-related deaths in Washington state from mid-June to the end of August. From 2015 to 2020, there were a total of 39 deaths during warmer months
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As Covid Vaccinations Slow, Parts of the US Remain Far Behind 70% Goal
The nation fell just short of the White House’s goal to give at least a first dose to 70% of adults by July 4.
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Finding Medicare services near you
Check out Medicare.gov to get information about doctors, hospitals, and other health care services in your area.
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Germ theory denialism is alive and well – and taking the nuance out of scientific debate
Last year, Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth said he had not washed his hands in ten years. “Germs are not a real thing,” he said.
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Trees: The Critical Infrastructure Low-Income Neighborhoods Lack
The wealthiest Seattle neighborhoods have 65% more tree canopy cover than the highest poverty neighborhoods.
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Are We Screening Too Much for Skin Cancer? It’s Complicated.
By screening more people and classifying more ambiguous lesions as cancer, health care providers have been “overdiagnosing” melanoma, flagging too many harmless skin spots that would have never proved harmful, some researchers argue.
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Benjamin Franklin’s fight against a deadly virus
Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptics
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What the Media Gets Wrong About Red-State Vaccine Hesitancy
Poor White people expressing hesitancy typically have strong religious beliefs, face disproportionate economic and access barriers to vaccination, and have legitimate reasons to mistrust the medical system.
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The dip in the US birthrate isn’t a crisis, but the fall in immigration may be – UW researcher warns
Migrants tend to be young, and to work. They contribute to the economy and bring dynamism to the society, along with supporting existing retirees, reducing the burden on current workers.
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Low-Income People of Color Bear Brunt of Rising Pedestrian Deaths
Nationwide, the number of pedestrians killed by drivers from 2010 to 2019 increased by 45% to 6,237 a year, the equivalent of at least 17 people dying per day
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