When Washington state identified its first confirmed coronavirus case, experts delivered a unified message: The risk of it spreading was low. But officials were unaware they had already lost the first battle. The virus was loose. VIEW
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When Washington state identified its first confirmed coronavirus case, experts delivered a unified message: The risk of it spreading was low. But officials were unaware...
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...
Rob Williams celebrated when he got the news his coronavirus test was negative. Then he got a shocking call a few days later, exposing a...
The removal of a Bellingham doctor who raised concerns about a lack of protections for health-care workers should be investigated by the state attorney general...
Responding to a Seattle Times investigation, a federal advocacy group is pushing for federal disability payments for Hanford workers potentially sickened by faulty respirators.
Bill Evans Jr. was one of some 560 workers who used flawed respiratory protection in the clean-up of Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. Did that safety...
As the spread of the coronavirus strips store shelves of hand sanitizer and other products, opportunistic hustlers are selling the scarce and coveted items at...
In past public health emergencies, federal officials found success with a fast-track approval route to roll out test kits. This time, with COVID-19, that emergency...
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...
As alarms about coronavirus spread in King County and statewide, call centers were overwhelmed, and contradictory information from health care providers sowed confusion.
