Gov. Jay Inslee said late Sunday he would sign an emergency declaration temporarily shutting down bars, restaurants and places of entertainment and recreation statewide, and...
Now as cases of virus-stricken patients suffering from COVID-19 multiply, Seattle-area government and hospital officials are facing the real-life consequences of shortcomings they’ve documented on...
Public officials for decades have promised to deal with the old brick buildings in Seattle that could crumble with deadly consequences when a major earthquake...
Federal and local officials have outlined a broader response to the Kirkland nursing home that has been linked to dozens of COVID-19 cases, including deaths....
Of the 18 total COVID-19 cases to emerge in Washington state, nine have been linked to Life Care Center nursing home, officials said. Some 50...
When Seattle Children’s Hospital reopened its operating rooms after a cluster of Aspergillus infections, it relied on air testing to alert it to the presence...
The Washington state Health Care Authority has the power to audit doctors and facilities that receive Medicaid funds, and restrict them from the taxpayer-funded program...
The Washington state Department of Health is asking lawmakers for stronger enforcement power over private psychiatric hospitals after a Seattle Times investigation found that the...
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A Times analysis of state data shows hundreds of Aspergillus infections at the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle Children’s, and other hospitals, but health...