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Tacoma-Pierce County health director to retire. He oversaw department during COVID-19
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 1 year agoTacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Tuesday announced that its director of health is retiring...
New behavioral health sites in the works in Pierce County. Why has it taken so long?
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWashington state’s plans to move more patients out of the state’s large psychiatric hospitals into...
Pierce County students ‘absolutely in crisis’ after COVID, say area superintendents
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPierce County public school superintendents say there is a dire need for more resources as districts...
King, Pierce, Snohomish counties now all recommending masks indoors amid concerns over ‘tripledemic’
KIRO via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHealth authorities in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties are recommending that people wear masks in...
Woman arrested in Washington after refusing treatment for tuberculosis for year
The Hill via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA woman has been arrested in Washington state after authorities said she refused to seek treatment...
Which Washington state counties have the highest rate of sexually-transmitted infections?
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 8 months agoSexually-transmitted infections (STIs) have been, and continue to be, the most commonly-diagnosed...
Pierce County Council vote to nix worker-verification program vetoed by the executive
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 2 years agoA partisan Pierce County Council vote removing E-Verify as a requirement for contractors was vetoed...
Pierce County doctor surrenders license after sexual misconduct allegations, state says
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Pierce County doctor has given up his physician and surgeon license after he is alleged to have...
Pierce County to get $14M in opioid lawsuit settlement. How will the money be spent?
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 2 years agoPierce County will receive roughly $14 million from a state-negotiated settlement with opioid...
Pierce County man believed to be first in state infected with potentially deadly fungus
KIRO via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA potentially deadly fungus – still considered an emerging disease – has now appeared in Western...