Sockeye to Me

Help, I’m Allergic to the Cover of My Cookbook!

My fishy foray through a minor medical mystery and major identity crisis.

04/13/2026 By Naomi Tomky Illustrations by Derek Abella

Best of the City

Top Doctors 2025

Our annual list of the best health care professionals in the region.

09/10/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

A Good Infestment

Daria Whettam Makes Lice a Laughing Matter

Greenwood’s Lice Clinic eradicates itchy insects—and the stigma around them.

09/02/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Vax Americana

This UW Doc Was Fired from the CDC’s Vaccine Panel

Helen Chu learned about her termination from an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

08/05/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Essay

The Quiet Part Loud

The toll of my husband's hearing loss can be invisible—even to me. But a new wave of tech could change everything

12/05/2023 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Lincoln Agnew

Beep Boop

The Hospital Robots among Us

Are delivery droids the solution to staff shortages in health care? Some local hospitals are trying to find out.

10/30/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

Pride City

LGBTQ Health and Wellness Resources in Seattle

From trans, gender-affirming care to queer-focused clinics, these local organizations cut through the stigma.

11/16/2022 By Sophia Urabe and Seattle Met Staff

We Made the List

Seattle's the 10th Most Burned Out City in the Country

Surprise! It's about work.

11/08/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Mental Health

Anxiety Screenings Recommended for All Adults Under 65

What that means for your next doctor appointment in Seattle.

09/30/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Modern Medicine

Rise of the TikTok Doc

Dropping medical knowledge one video at a time.

09/06/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Modern Medicine

Losing Religion from Health Care

When medical matters and matters of faith collide.

09/06/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

REPRODUCTIVE

We Needed This: These Seattle Tees Aid and Abet Abortion

No Roe? No problem.

08/24/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Made in WA

12 of Washington's Most Vital Medical Inventions

The literal and figurative lifesavers.

08/23/2022 Edited by Benjamin Cassidy By Angela Cabotaje and Seattle Met Staff

Coronavirus Chronicles

Need Paxlovid? Washington's Telehealth Program Ups Access

Securing Covid antiviral medication just got a whole lot easier.

08/08/2022 By Ann Karneus

Welcome Developments

The New Odessa Brown Children's Clinic in Othello Is Eye-Popping

Opening Monday, the community health center takes a creative approach to addressing racial inequity at Seattle Children's.

03/04/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Tax Break

So, What Happened to Washington’s Long-Term Care Tax?

Paychecks were supposed to get clipped at the start of the year, but backlash has led to a long delay.

02/14/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Coronavirus Chronicles

Yes, We're Still Talking about Covid Vaccine Myths

Answers to all the hot-button questions, from fertility to, uh, becoming magnetic.

10/19/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

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

A Cut Above

How Dr. Snip Became Seattle’s Unofficial Vasectomy King

The man, the myth, the nickname.

09/13/2021 By Angela Cabotaje

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