Balancing power: The case for legislative control during emergencies in Washington | Opinion
After multiple years of enduring an executive with little checks on emergency power, Washington state finally seems ...
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Flu levels are at a 15-year high in the U.S., but many Washington children haven't gotten their flu shot
Outbreaks and high levels of illnesses (like the flu) have become more common as vaccination rates have fallen, especially ...
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A history of vaccine skepticism in WA, from 1920s Seattle to RFK Jr.
The intense debate over President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F.
Flu season in the US is the most intense it's been in at least 15 years
The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.
In Idaho, a preview of RFK Jr.’s vaccine-skeptical America
This Idaho health district banned public clinics from distributing the coronavirus vaccine as widespread fear during the ...
RFK Jr. passes key Senate panel vote to advance health secretary nomination
All eyes were on Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and longtime doctor who expressed deep concern about Kennedy's ...
KFF poll: Public trust in federal health agencies dips in 2025
About 53% of the public recently said they trust the Food and Drug Administration to make the right recommendations on health ...
What is the difference between flu A and flu B? Experts on the symptoms
It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals. But not all influenza is the ...
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Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended
A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names of doctors who ...
Pasco nonprofit sues WA Attorney General over unvaccinated workers fired during pandemic
It was filed on behalf of 10 former employees by the nonprofit Silent Majority Foundation, based in Pasco and directed by ...
How RFK Jr.’s assurances to senators contradict his past remarks
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s repeated support for vaccines during Senate confirmation hearings follows a long history of ...
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RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who hopes to be President Donald ... acknowledge scientific consensus that childhood vaccines don’t ...