Health

Washington health officials say they'd like to see more people taking advantage of annual flu vaccinations, and the updated Covid booster shot.

The time to roll up your sleeve is now, to give your immune system time to ramp up before the peak of respiratory virus season.

Much of the research about the link between smoke and health has focused on human-generated pollution in urban areas. Research investigating the effects of wildfire smoke derived from artificial materials is brand-new.

Fewer than one in three eligible Washingtonians have gotten the bivalent boosters tailored to fight omicron variants. That’s higher than the national average, but far lower than state health officials had hoped.

Washington and Idaho began the new year in the same fashion they ended the old: with flu and RSV cases dropping, and coronavirus cases remaining low. A new Covid variant spreading in the northeastern states had yet to make inroads in the Pacific Northwest.

A recently-published analysis of samples taken from Airway Heights residents reported levels of harmful chemicals known as PFAS at levels more than 50 times above the national average. The city is now using a temporary water source, which is safe to drink.

CHAS Health is opening up a new mass vaccination clinic for anyone eligible to get a vaccine Wednesday at the Spokane Community College…

Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking people to temporarily take down their bird feeders because of a salmonella outbreak.Fish and…

Many Spokane residents who have been inoculated at the mass Covid vaccination site at the Spokane Area could get their second dose within days.Kelli…

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