As the nation’s overall death toll soared past historical averages, preliminary data shows a less dramatic trend in Washington during the first months of the...
Officials are now promising to expand testing in long-term care facilities in Washington state, which have been the source of half the coronavirus deaths statewide....
One out of five nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Washington have had cases of the disease caused by novel coronavirus, and more than...
Multiple findings by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reflect previous reporting by The Seattle Times, including that the nursing home continued to...
The month since a devastating outbreak at Kirkland nursing home, coronavirus has spread to dozens of facilities statewide. But without widespread testing, the facilities have...
Federal regulators cited Life Care Center of Kirkland, an initial U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, for "immediate jeopardy" to patients, setting in motion a...
Even after the outbreak was detected at Life Care Center of Kirkland, confusion over who was responsible for testing residents allowed the virus to keep...
In addition, 70 of 180 employees at Life Care Center of Kirkland have symptoms of COVID-19 and are self-quarantined at home.
Health officials expect the number of confirmed cases to rise as they catch up with reports and as more tests are done.