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Covid is on the rise at King County nursing homes

Since August, long-term care facilities in King County are averaging 12 new Covid-19 outbreaks per week, health officials say.
Kate Walters
Washington state child care providers are struggling to survive. Sen. Murray calls for feds to help

Sen. Patty Murray is calling for the federal government to renew its historic investment in the child care industry.
Sami West
Covid dashboard upgraded to include flu and RSV in Washington state
Dyer Oxley

Katie Campbell
What will virus season look like in Washington state this year?

Washington state is once again heading into respiratory virus season. Last year, the triple threat of Covid-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) put a strain on an already fragile health-care system. This year however, health officials say the state is in a different place.
Kate Walters
Bellevue’s first Asian American superintendent reflects on his family’s 120-year US journey

Despite budget cuts and change, Kelly Aramaki, Bellevue's first Asian American superintendent, has an ambitious vision for the place he grew up.
Sami West
Has summer school helped in the fight against pandemic learning loss?

One approach educators have taken to make up for pandemic learning loss is to send kids to summer school. But a new report finds expanded summer learning programs weren't as effective as they'd hoped.
Sami West
Covid cases are going up. Here's what you should know.

Covid cases are ticking up across the country. UW Medicine professor Dr. Helen Chu says this surge isn’t like the Delta or Omicron surges of years past, but it's still something to watch. She explains the state of the disease here in Washington and how we should be thinking about our Covid risk.
Patricia Murphy

Clare McGrane
UW, other hospitals in Washington state relax masking policies

As Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths in Washington state continue to trend downward, multiple health care organizations are rethinking their masking policies.
Kate Walters
What does Covid-19 look like this summer?

Around this time last year, Washington state was seeing a slight bump in Covid-19 hospitalizations. This year, things are looking different.
Kate Walters
Class of Covid: 2023 grads reflect on their journey to high school graduation

Graduation has finally arrived for the Class of 2023. And for this year's graduating seniors, their high school experience was unlike any other: A global pandemic hit in their first year and upended education as we knew it.
Sami West

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