Health & Wellness

Shots, Shots, Shots

Flu Season Is Here. Should We Be Worried?

Can you get a flu shot at the same time as a Covid vaccine? Is a twindemic coming? An infectious disease doc weighs in.

10/08/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Dance Dance Revelation

I Tried Dance Church and I Have Thoughts

Did this Seattle-born dance-based fitness brand manage to make a convert out of me?

09/30/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Coronavirus Chronicles

Where to Find Covid Vaccine Booster Shots in King County

The local vaccination effort is expanding again.

09/28/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Coronavirus Chronicles

What to Know about Rapid Covid Tests in King County

Tests are back on the rise. But is it any easier to get a quick and reliable result?

09/16/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

A Cut Above

How Dr. Snip Became Seattle’s Unofficial Vasectomy King

The man, the myth, the nickname.

09/13/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Game Prep

A List of the Covid Vaccination Policies for Seattle Sports Teams

Local squads have begun to mandate proof of shots or negative tests.

09/10/2021 By Malia Alexander

Coronavirus Chronicles

Vaccinated in King County? You're Still Way More Protected from Covid

A new data dashboard from Public Health—Seattle and King County gives us concrete answers about breakthrough case, hospitalization, and death rates.

09/08/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Top Doctors

So You Want to Be a Doctor?

Medical degrees have long wooed high achievers (and won over in-laws), but they’ve never been as coveted as they are now. What you may not know about the journey to MD or DO—and the profession itself.

09/06/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy Illustrations by Alexander Mostov

So You Want to Be a Doctor?

Overcoming the Burnout Blowup

Doctors and other health care workers should look in, then out, to clear career exhaustion.

09/06/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

So You Want to Be a Doctor?

Tough Residency Pills to Swallow

A handful of recent Swedish and Virginia Mason residents deliver hard truths about the liminal stage of medical training.

09/06/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

So You Want to Be a Doctor?

Abroadening the Medical School Search

The opportunities and pitfalls of going international.

09/06/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Coronavirus Chronicles

An Outdoor Lunch Petition Manifests Seattle's Back-to-School Stress

Many parents and caregivers want more alfresco meals at Seattle Public Schools. But the district says that's not possible at some campuses.

08/30/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Coronavirus Chronicles

What to Know about the Delta Variant and Breakthrough Cases in Seattle

The most frustrating phase of the pandemic yet is roiling our reopening.

08/19/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Green Field

A Seattle Therapist Sees the World's Climate Anxiety

Andrew Bryant’s practice at North Seattle Therapy and Counseling has drawn interest from near and far.

08/12/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Totally Tubular

A Retired West Seattle Dentist's World-Spanning Toothpaste Collection

Dr. Hilton Herrin finds dollops of cultural connection in the oft-overlooked toiletry.

08/02/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Code Blue

The ER Is (Not) the Place to Be This Summer

Fireworks and fingers don’t mix.

07/19/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Coronavirus Chronicles

Should Your Child Still Wear a Mask This Summer?

Like parenthood, the answer is complicated.

07/06/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

Sleepless City

Can't Sleep? The Moon Might Be to Blame.

A Seattle-centric study brings us one small step closer to understanding our groggy mornings.

06/15/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Hunger Artists

Seattle Has a Weird Legacy of Fasting

Can renouncing food really improve your health? For a century, mystics, biohackers, and even one murderous Seattle doctor have sought—and sold—their own conclusions.

06/14/2021 By Stefan Milne Illustrations by Pete Ryan

Brain Drain

In Seattle, the Burnout Is Real

A new study suggests local workers are pretty spent.

06/10/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy