WASHINGTON STATE — Public Health – Seattle & King County and the Snohomish County Health Department are investigating a confirmed case of measles in an adult resident of Snohomish County, identified ...

King County health officials are notifying the public of a confirmed measles case in an adult who was exposed on a flight ...

Public health officials have confirmed another measles case in a King County resident.

King County health officials are trying to snuff out Seattle-area hookah lounges, sending notices ordering six of them to stop allowing customers to smoke the water pipes at their businesses. “Over ...

(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 ...

Over the last several years, preventable drowning deaths have gone up, leading King County health officials to encourage people to take extra safety precautions while on the water over Memorial Day ...

In 2024, King County experienced an unprecedented surge of unpermitted mobile food vendors. At the end of the year, The Seattle Times filed a public records request so we could learn more about the ...

Flu cases in King County have spiked over the last two weeks, leading health district officials to warn the public. “The number of people seen at hospital emergency departments with flu-like illnesses ...

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, ...

SEATTLE — On a press call hosted by Sen. Patty Murray Friday morning, a Public Health - Seattle & King County representative revealed multiple of the agency's grants were abruptly terminated this week ...

SEATTLE — A group of Capitol Hill business owners and residents alleges that King County has not been transparent about its plans to put a new crisis care center next to a brewery, hotel, and school.

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 ...