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Week in Review: Primary elections, Monkeypox, and booster shots

Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Publicola's Erica Barnett, The Everett Herald's Isabella Breda, and The Seattle Times' Elise Takahama.
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Bill Radke

Sarah Leibovitz

Aug 05, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Seattle Now

Casual Friday with Ruchika Tulshyan and Rich Smith

This week about 24% of eligible voters cast ballots in the primary, Monkeypox was declared a national health emergency, and millennials are staying close to home, but some of them are moving here. The Strangers Rich Smith and author Ruchika Tulshyan are here to break down the week And, we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedback
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Patricia Murphy

Brandi Fullwood

Aug 05, 2022 at 5:00 am
Soundside

Hazard pay is the latest casualty of the 'waning pandemic phase'

Seattle grocery store workers will soon see less money in their paychecks after the Seattle City Council voted to no longer require hazard pay. The move is part of a broader trend in Seattle; even as COVID continues to spread in the community, the city is moving away from some pandemic era policies that have helped people get by.
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Libby Denkmann

Aug 04, 2022 at 4:57 pm
Today So Far Blog

Prolonged heat wave kills at least three in Seattle area, sends hundreds to ER

A six-day heat wave, the longest in Seattle history, has killed at least three people in King County, according to preliminary reports from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Another three people have drowned in the county since Thursday.
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John Ryan

Aug 01, 2022 at 7:53 pm
As monkeypox cases grow, King County scrambles to distribute limited vaccine doses

The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in King County is doubling every week — in part because of increased spread of the virus, and in part because of increased testing and detection of cases. To date, there have been 91 monkeypox cases in King County, and 103 statewide.
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Eilis O'Neill

Jul 29, 2022 at 1:15 pm
KUOW Newsroom

Hospitals brace for surge as Seattle area feels the heat

Hospitals in Washington state are bracing for a surge in heat victims coming to their emergency rooms. They hope to avoid a repeat of the 2021 heat wave, which killed an estimated 400 people in the state.
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John Ryan

Jul 28, 2022 at 12:58 pm
Today So Far Blog

Is that toxic algae? Washington officials warn: 'when in doubt, stay out.'

It's hot and you want to cool off. It's time to go to the lake. Before you jump in, officials are asking you to be aware of toxic algae blooming throughout the Northwest.
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Natalie Akane Newcomb

Jul 28, 2022 at 9:08 am
The first U.S. case of polio since 2013 has been detected in New York

The patient, who has developed paralysis but is no longer contagious according to the AP, may have contracted the virus overseas. The CDC says no cases of polio have originated in the U.S. since 1979.
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Ayana Archie

Jul 21, 2022 at 4:13 pm NPR
KUOW Newsroom

King County declares fentanyl a public health crisis

King County’s record-breaking number of fentanyl overdoses has prompted the county council to declare a public health crisis. This year 268 people have died so far--a 46 percent increase compared to this time last year, according to the King County Medical Examiner's Office Overdose Dashboard.
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Ruby de Luna

Jul 20, 2022 at 11:40 am
Seattle Now

What to know about BA.5

Covid case numbers are climbing and local health officials are in talks about reinstating a mask mandate. But the public is largely feeling pandemic fatigue. Dr. Pavitra Roychoudhury at the UW Virology Lab shares the latest information on Omicron variant BA.5 and the risk level in the community.
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Jeannie Yandel

Jennie Cecil Moore

Jul 20, 2022 at 5:03 am

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