King County Public Health is currently investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157, known as STEC, linked to Tokyo Stop Teriyaki in Bellevue ...

In 2025, King County recorded its lowest number of overdose deaths since 2021’s 714 fatalities, a decline the region’s public ...

(The Center Square) – The King County Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee received a grim presentation on the potential impacts of federal funding cuts on the region’s public health and ...

When Meredith Li-Vollmer started working for King County's health department almost 20 years ago, the department was putting out a variety of public health information — making brochures and fliers, ...

The King County executive oversees the sheriff’s department, manages public health, transportation, public housing, and jails. According to the King County website, the executive leads one of the ...

SEATTLE - At least five schools in Western Washington will be closed Friday, some as long as a week, because of the growing number of possible swine flu cases in the state, which has reached a total ...

For more than 15 years, the King County Health Department in Seattle has been spreading public health info using colorful comic strips.

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...