King County, which includes Seattle, on Friday officially declared the local monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as infections continue to increase in the city and other parts of the state.
SEATTLE, Wash. -- King County Public Health is investigating a presumptive case of the monkeypox virus. The infection was reported on Sunday. The case was is in a man who recently traveled…
Researchers found antibody-producing cells in people 11 months after first symptoms, which they say will live and produce antibodies for the rest of their lives.
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Washington State Department of Health is working with local health jurisdictions to respond to a multi-county outbreak of E. coli that might be linked to fresh produce. There are currently six confirmed cases across Benton, King,…
Washington State University researchers discovered a protein that could be used to stop most common human food poisoning bacteria in U.S.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been admitted to the hospital for the treatment of a
A young Ogden, Utah mother is recovering from a mysterious disease after she became sick after delivering her baby by C-section, and doctors had to fight to save her.
Two babies, aged 8 and 11 months, have been infected in a rare outbreak of measles in Australia as the highly contagious disease makes a comeback in East Asia and the Pacific.
The African nation of Malawi is facing an epidemic of infections causing sepsis, one of the leading causes of death among newborns.
The CDC is now reporting that ten people in Idaho have been affected as of April 18, 2018. One person in Washington has been affected.
A sterilization breach at Porter Adventist Hospital in Denver may have put patients at risk for infection of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C, according to a release from the Colorado state health department.
A spokesman for Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says the top-elected official remains hospitalized after recently undergoing a second back surgery.
It all started simply enough: A 31-year-old man went to get a tattoo on his right leg. Beneath an illustration of a cross and hands in prayer, the words "Jesus is my life" were written in cursive.
The girl pulled into a harbor by a sea lion in a heart-stopping viral video is on antibiotics to avoid contracting a dangerous bacterial disease from the sea lion's mouth.
Health officials say a King County toddler may have contracted a rare disease linked to microscopic roundworm eggs found in raccoon droppings.
