by Susan Keown | Feb 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
New member Isabella Breda (@BredaIsabella) wrote a story for the Seattle Times on a new bill being considered in the Washington state legislature that would ban cancer-causing ingredients in makeup and hair products. She discusses some of the research that is...
by Susan Keown | Oct 5, 2021 | ScienceWire
In a feature for High Country News, Jane C. Hu (@jane_c_hu) writes about how extremists have mobilized against public health officials across the American West during the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials and their families have received personal threats, and extremists’...
by Susan Keown | Jun 2, 2021 | ScienceWire
Writing for Nature, Lynne Peeples (@LynnePeeps) asks whether it’s too soon to lift mask mandates. She reviews scientific studies on mask effectiveness conducted around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic and examines the roles that community norms, enforcement and...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 3, 2019 | ScienceWire
How does our neighborhood affect our health? Rebecca Hughes writes about a summit that brought researchers and representatives from King County Metro, public health departments, Bike Works, and other organizations together to talk about using data to learn how our...
by Chris Tachibana | Aug 2, 2016 | ScienceWire
Keith Seinfeld writes about an “RV with a splash of sunshine” for Public Health Insider. The RV is King County’s second mobile health van and it provides services including mental health care to people who are living homeless. @keith seinfeld is a public...