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Washington state’s public health system was short on money — even before...
Requests for a big increase in public health funding haven't been heeded for years. Now, with Seattle's coronavirus epidemic, other public health priorities, such as a hepatitis A outbreak among...
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Family members of Kirkland nursing home residents decry response to...
Federal and local officials have outlined a broader response to the Kirkland nursing home that has been linked to dozens of COVID-19 cases, including deaths. Family members of residents at Life Care...
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Seattle health care providers scramble to ration medical supplies as...
Several health care providers in the region say they are running low, or will run low, on protective medical supplies, such as masks, respirators and gowns, that keep workers safe.
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Short-staffed and undersupplied: Coronavirus crisis strains Seattle area’s...
Now as cases of virus-stricken patients suffering from COVID-19 multiply, Seattle-area government and hospital officials are facing the real-life consequences of shortcomings they’ve documented on...
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Coronavirus call centers stumble in Washington state: glitches, lack of...
As alarms about coronavirus spread in King County and statewide, call centers were overwhelmed, and contradictory information from health care providers sowed confusion.
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Coronavirus spread at Life Care Center of Kirkland for weeks, while response...
Even after the outbreak was detected at Life Care Center of Kirkland, confusion over who was responsible for testing residents allowed the virus to keep spreading. Interviews with family members and...
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‘Single point of failure’: The CDC’s past successes with an FDA process set...
In past public health emergencies, federal officials found success with a fast-track approval route to roll out test kits. This time, with COVID-19, that emergency process failed spectacularly.
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$150 for $7 sanitizer? Price gouging complaints pile up in Washington state...
As the spread of the coronavirus strips store shelves of hand sanitizer and other products, opportunistic hustlers are selling the scarce and coveted items at extreme markups. But Washington state is...
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Hanford workers were given leaky respirators at contaminated job site,...
Bill Evans Jr. was one of some 560 workers who used flawed respiratory protection in the clean-up of Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant. Did that safety lapse play a role in the seizures that forced...
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In response to a Seattle Times investigation, advocates seek benefits for...
Responding to a Seattle Times investigation, a federal advocacy group is pushing for federal disability payments for Hanford workers potentially sickened by faulty respirators.
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Bellingham physician who decried lack of coronavirus protections is removed,...
The removal of a Bellingham doctor who raised concerns about a lack of protections for health-care workers should be investigated by the state attorney general and state medical commission, a national...
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Seattle pilot’s misdiagnosis highlights challenges around coronavirus testing
Rob Williams celebrated when he got the news his coronavirus test was negative. Then he got a shocking call a few days later, exposing a gap in how his primary care clinic and his hospital communicated...
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Limited testing in senior care facilities in Washington leaves them ‘flying...
The month since a devastating outbreak at Kirkland nursing home, coronavirus has spread to dozens of facilities statewide. But without widespread testing, the facilities have been unable to see to the...
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How the coronavirus overwhelmed Washington state’s early efforts to contain it
When Washington state identified its first confirmed coronavirus case, experts delivered a unified message: The risk of it spreading was low. But officials were unaware they had already lost the first...
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Why the Seattle Sounders game March 7 went on despite coronavirus emergency
As virus fears grew, public officials and sports execs debated health risks — and PR messages — but let 33,000 into a March 7 Sounders match. At what cost?
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At Burien mental-health facility for teens, a rare coronavirus outbreak and a...
As an outbreak of COVID-19 spread through a mental-health center for youth in Burien, employees were alarmed that they lacked adequate protective gear and training to shield them from the virus. A...
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Gov. Inslee connected personal contacts with Washington state officials in...
Amid a national frenzy to buy medical supplies for use in the COVID-19 outbreak, Washington state suspended competitive bidding and recruited help from the private sector. Gov. Inslee connected...
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Washington seems to be avoiding the dramatic nationwide spike in deaths...
As the nation’s overall death toll soared past historical averages, preliminary data shows a less dramatic trend in Washington during the first months of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Despite Gov. Inslee’s order – and complaints from the public – construction...
Some resident construction projects defied Gov. Jay Inslee's statewide lockdown order, exposing construction workers to COVID-19. The state acknowledges it did not issue any enforcement orders to back...
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From the editor: Why it takes local journalism to uncover national scandals...
The story of how Dominic Gates and a team of other Seattle Times reporters led the world with their coverage of the 737 MAX crashes, winning the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, underscores...
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