Health Locking up mentally ill, drug addicted people results in jail deaths, new report says The practice of locking up people who are chronically sick, mentally ill or drug addicted in under-resourced city, county and regional jails in... Austin Jenkins
Health As measles outbreak hits Western Washington, here's what you need to know Paige Browning talks with Dr. Jeff Duchin about the current outbreak of measles in the Puget Sound region. Paige Browning Andy Hurst
Health Unvaccinated students and staff barred from two Seattle-area schools after new measles cases After a staff member at Issaquah High School and a student at North Creek High School in Bothell were diagnosed with measles, Public Health Seattle-King County and Snohomish Health District told the schools to keep out any unimmunized students and staff for at least three weeks. Ann Dornfeld
Health Seattle has a blood shortage because young people don’t donate Blood shortages are becoming more common at Seattle-area blood banks. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Health Four new measles cases hit Western Washington Four new measles cases have been diagnosed in Western Washington — two in King County, one in Pierce County and another in Snohomish County — bringing the total to 77 measles cases in Washington state this year. Sydney Brownstone
Arts & Life Moby in Seattle: 'Famous people are not that interesting' When, why and how Moby fell apart — and pulled it back together. John O'Brien
Health New measles exposure sites in King and Pierce counties Public Health Seattle-King County says a man with in his 40’s is recovering at home after being diagnosed with Measles. Patricia Murphy
Politics Why the ‘Seattle is Dying’ conversation won’t die Civic Cocktail takes on KOMO’s controversial look at homelessness in our fair city John O'Brien
Health Deaths of homeless people jump in Seattle area Deaths among people who were homeless in King County more than doubled in the past five years, according to a new report from the Medical Examiner’s Office. Derek Wang Gil Aegerter
Health They came to Washington to work, then they got the mumps We roll up a long, gravel road about 20 miles outside Mattawa, a small farming town in central Washington state. We’re on the King Fuji Ranch where there's four suspected cases of the mumps and over a 100 exposed workers quarantined. Esmy Jimenez Anna King
