There were 1,518 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 450,470 in the last 365 days.
For immediate release: June 9, 2023 (23-078) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Intent to modify the behavioral health agency licenses of Social Treatment Opportunity Programs (STOP) …
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) congratulates the winners of the second annual Washington Tracking Network (WTN) Youth Science Contest. The contest is an opportunity for high school students to develop their science and …
For immediate release: June 1, 2023 (23-074) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is working with local and federal public health partners to investigate 13 cases of Salmonella linked to backyard poultry. …
For immediate release: May 26, 2023 (23-071) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has suspended the licenses for two Daybreak Youth Services (Daybreak) facilities located in Spokane and Brush Prairie. …
For immediate release: May 24, 2023 (23-068) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has released a free, new walking program designed to help people manage and prevent chronic conditions like diabetes, …
For immediate release: May 17, 2023 (23-066) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has launched a new PFAS in Drinking Water Data dashboard. The dashboard provides public access to data collected by public …
OLYMPIA – The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Washington state that goes into effect Saturday afternoon and ends on Monday. This means it’s time for people to plan and take precautions to stay cool and safe, both outdoors and at …
For immediate release: May 11, 2023 (23-063) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – The Dental Quality Assurance Commission suspended the dentist license (DE60470632) and the general anesthesia permit (GA60614575) of King County oral surgeon Calley J. …
For immediate release: May 11, 2023 (23-062) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – Following two seasons of unusually low flu activity, the 2022-2023 flu season was the deadliest in five years. A total of 262 Washingtonians were reported to have died …
For immediate release: May 8, 2023 (23-060) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is pleased to share 10 people from Washington state are being honored during the annual National Drinking Water Week for …
Para publicación inmediata: 3 de mayo de 2023 (23-056-español) Contacto: Comunicaciones del DOH OLYMPIA. Más de una docena de playas en el condado de Island permanecen cerradas a la cosecha de almejas mantequeras y de barniz después de que se encontraron …
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 …
