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Even though most schools are starting with online learning this fall, more than 30 campuses will be open for in-person health-care services.

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently announced that automaker Honda must change its corporate practices as a result of an investigation by state attorneys general into Honda’s use of defective, dangerous airbags made by Takata, a now-defunct manufacturer that worked closely with Honda.

“I went home, showered and the body aches became severe and my temperature shot up from 100 degrees to 102 degrees as well as a terrible headache,” says Stephens. “I also began sweating as if someone poured water on me.”

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the third Citywide testing site – a walk-up location at Rainier Beach High School in south Seattle.

Tia Shabazz’s story about her 94-day battle with COVID-19 provides a first-hand account of the devastation the virus can have on individuals, their families and our community.

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Bellevue-based Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) recently released two new reports analyzing COVID-19 data by age, race/ethnicity and primary language spoken. Both reports highlight the pandemic’s disproportionate and increasing impact on communities of color.

Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee and Secretary of Health John Wiesman announced a statewide mandatory face covering order that will take effect Friday, June 26.

On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, an incarcerated patient of the Washington state correctional system passed away due to COVID-19. Victor Bueno, 63, had been transported to a local medical center on May 31, 2020 for treatment of COVID-19 where he remained until the time of his passing.

Public Health Seattle King County acknowledges that many protesters, particularly Black, Indigenous and People of Color, are choosing to take on the risk of potential exposure to COVID-19 because of the importance of confronting and undoing the systems of racism, oppression and brutality.

Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP, an accomplished researcher of health inequities and a respected women’s health leader, has been named chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.