For immediate release: May 2, 2023 (23-058) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) congratulates the winners of the inaugural Northwest Radon Poster Contest. The contest was an opportunity for 9 to 14-year- …
For immediate release: May 1, 2023 (23-056) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – More than a dozen beaches remain closed across Island County to butter clam and varnish clam harvesting after high levels of marine biotoxins were found in clam samples. …
For immediate release: April 24, 2023 (23-052) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – WA Notify—the state's successful, lifesaving COVID-19 exposure notification app—is scheduled to sunset May 11 in tandem with the end of the Public Health Emergency. …
For immediate release: April 19, 2023 (23-051) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has completed the annual water quality evaluation of the state’s commercial shellfish growing areas. Unfortunately, high …
For immediate release: April 19, 2023 (23-050) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission suspended the license of King County pharmacist Long Hoang Ho (PH61222704) pending further legal action. Charges state that Ho …
For immediate release: April 18, 2023 (23-049) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants will receive additional support towards fruit and vegetable purchases, thanks to the passage of SHB 1784. …
For immediate release: April 5, 2023 (23-042) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) recently launched an updated Opioid and Drug Overdose Data dashboard that includes county level data on hospitalizations …
For immediate release: April 4, 2023 (23-041) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health suspended the license of Pierce County registered nursing assistant Simon Makumi Kinuthia (NA61075074) pending further legal …
For immediate release: March 23, 2023 (23-038) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is issuing updated meal limit recommendations for consumption of sturgeon from the lower Columbia River, in addition to a …
For immediate release: March 21, 2023 (23-037) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – Several brands of frozen organic strawberries and one tropical fruit blend are being recalled following a hepatitis A outbreak that’s sickened at least five Washington …
For immediate release: March 14, 2023 (23-033) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission suspended the license of King County chiropractor Islamuddin Wardak (CH00034030) pending further legal …
For immediate release: March 13, 2023 (23-031) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – Where you live can directly impact your health. Some Washington communities have lower life expectancies, struggle with air pollution and other environmental concerns, …
For immediate release: March 9, 2023 (23-030) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Dental Quality Assurance Commission suspended the license of Pierce County dentist Daryl W. Yorek (DE00007613) pending further legal action. Charges outline multiple …
For immediate release: March 9, 2023 (23-029) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is announcing its free at-home testing program Say Yes! COVID Test (SYCT) will is ending May 11. Since its launch in Jan. …
For immediate release: March 8, 2023 (23-028) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has launched a new webpage and tool to find telehealth sexual and reproductive health care services in Washington. The new …
For immediate release: March 6, 2023 (23-025) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has awarded Birth Equity Project funding to five organizations serving pregnant and birthing people in the state. These …
For immediate release: March 3, 2023 (23-024) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA -- Effective April 3, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will end the Secretary of Health Mask Order, which currently requires universal masking in healthcare, …
For immediate release: February 28, 2023 (23-021) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is pleased to announce a total of $5.5 million in funding has been awarded to 11 proposed projects that aim to restore …
For immediate release: February 28, 2023 (23-020) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has released its 2023 Maternal Mortality Review Report, with findings that behavioral health conditions, including …
For immediate release: February 15, 2023 (23-019) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – Following a successful inaugural event, the Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) Washington Tracking Network (WTN) is excited to launch its second annual WTN …
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