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What’s Washington Doing to Stem Our Whooping Cough Epidemic?

07 May 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

Elderly Persons! Your Vitamin D Level Better Be More Than 20 Ng/ml

01 May 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Welcome to Washington, the Whooping Cough State

26 Apr 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announces New Members Include Bezos, Corey, Gates

17 Apr 2012 by Michael van Baker in Announcements, Business, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Bellevue Man’s Long-Term Weight Loss Secret: Eat More & Exercise Less!

02 Apr 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science

Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Cases Vault Past Epidemic Threshold in Washington State

29 Mar 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

A Note on Having a Close Shave with Straight Razors

08 Mar 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

Seattle Looks at Joining a Prescription Discount Card Program

02 Mar 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Is Washington Losing the War on Whooping Cough?

16 Feb 2012 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Good Sex, Bad Sex 2011

30 Dec 2011 by Jay Friedman in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics

A Few Rules for Seattle’s Small Game Hunters

29 Dec 2011 by Michael van Baker in Environment, Health, News

Alcohol Where You Least Expect It: Online Shopping and OJ

28 Dec 2011 by Michael van Baker in Business, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Seattle is Just Not for Sun Lovers

08 Dec 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Weather

Stagnant Air Advisory Gets an Extra Week, by Popular Demand

05 Dec 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Weather

Gregoire to Feds, on Medical Marijuana: Reclassify It!

30 Nov 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Politics

Salmon Virus Cover Up? Blame Canada!

30 Nov 2011 by Michael van Baker in Environment, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Washington’s Employee Unions Like Qliance’s Direct Primary Care Costs

23 Nov 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

Portland’s ZoomCare Opens Clinic in Qliance’s Boutique Health Care Backyard

11 Nov 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

It’s For the Kids! Children’s Seattle Gets $65 Million in Gifts

01 Nov 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Salmon Flu & You: Myths and Mysteries

20 Oct 2011 by Michael van Baker in Environment, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science

Why a Drug-Resistant Flu is Coming for You

19 Sep 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Science

Contagion Could Happen Every Flu Season

13 Sep 2011 by Audrey in Film & TV, Health

Hutch Studies: “No strong evidence that multivitamins decrease your cancer risk”

12 Sep 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science

Bed Bug Reports Rocketing Upward, Says Raveable

06 Sep 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Travel

How Long Until Gay People Can Give Blood?

31 Aug 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics

Health Net “Alerts” Customers to 6-Month-Old Data Breach

10 Aug 2011 by Michael van Baker in Business, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Hutchinson Center’s Push for HIV Cure is Legacy of “Berlin Patient”

11 Jul 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science

STP to Fill Saturday Morning Air with Roar of 20,000 Pedals

08 Jul 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Transportation

Grass is Everywhere Right Now

06 Jul 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Science

Bill Gates Reviews Polio: An American Story

06 Jul 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Will FDA Recall Suspected Salmonella-Packing Sprouts?

28 Jun 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

The Challenge: “All the Easy Vaccines Have Been Made”

24 Jun 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics

How Seattle’s Paid Sick Days Requirement Would Work

22 Jun 2011 by Michael van Baker in Business, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics

Gene Sequencing Starts to Illuminate Autism’s Spectrum

21 Jun 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science

What’s the “Philosophy” Behind Babies Coughing to Death?

08 Jun 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED

Earthquake Prep: The Enemy is Us

27 May 2011 by Arne Christensen in Education, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Science

Is the Best Dental Insurance in Washington No Insurance?

26 May 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

In Political News, State Dems Apply Lipstick to a Pig’s Anus

25 May 2011 by Michael van Baker in Education, Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics, Transportation

Earthquake Prep: Is the Northwest Tech Sector Ready?

23 May 2011 by Arne Christensen in Business, Environment, Health, News, Science

Discovering the Foodie Appeal of France’s School Lunches

03 May 2011 by mindyjones in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Travel

City Council to Homeless: Hang in There, Guys!

19 Apr 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Politics, Real Estate

Ecotopia Redux: Feds “Warn” Washington on Medical Marijuana Law

15 Apr 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics

Bill Gates ‘Tags’ Graffiti in Quest for Aid Dollars

04 Apr 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, NEWS_FEATURED, Politics

After PALS: Mentally Ill with History of Arson, Murder & Sex Offenses Return to King County

18 Mar 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Politics

Infant Brain Activity May Offer Much Earlier Autism Diagnosis

24 Feb 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Science

Ways & Means Votes on Medical Marijuana Bill This Afternoon

24 Feb 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Politics

Zinc Away Your Cold, and Avoid Antibiotics, Says Meta-Study

17 Feb 2011 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

Do you or someone you love have Type 2 Diabetes?

17 Dec 2010 by Angela Denton in Health, News

Seattle’s Streetlight Poles are Doubling as Bug Zappers

16 Dec 2010 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

Touring the Working Duwamish with the Port of Seattle [Photo Gallery]

30 Sep 2010 by Michael van Baker in Business, Environment, Health, News, Politics, Transportation

The Overlooked Autism of Girls, and What Comes After

26 Mar 2010 by Michael van Baker in Health, News, Science

Unhealthy Denialism or Healthy Skepticism? Only the Specter Knows

12 Nov 2009 by Michael van Baker in Environment, Health, News, Science

More Teens Quit Smoking for Their Own Good

12 Oct 2009 by Michael van Baker in Health

Can Qliance Revive Primary Health Care?

29 Sep 2009 by Michael van Baker in Health, News

Qliance Expands to Kent

14 Sep 2009 by Michael van Baker in Health

Treating Flu the Chinese Way

11 Sep 2009 by Seth Kolloen in Health

H1N1 Flu Makes Forays into Seattle

10 Sep 2009 by Michael van Baker in Health

West Nile Virus Comes to Laurelhurst

08 Sep 2009 by Michael van Baker in Health

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