Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
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Health
Washington state rejects 6.4 million masks, citing poor quality
The KN95 masks that Washington state imported from China didn't pass an initial quality check.
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Health
Washington state hustles for masks, gowns, and gloves, but is millions short of what it wants
Adequate supplies of personal protective equipment are still a problem in Washington State. The goods are important to protect healthcare workers – and as an indication of whether and how the state can reopen.
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Health
'We’re going to run out of masks.' Health workers push back on restarting elective surgeries
Supplies of personal protective equipment are still too tenuous for some medical professionals to support a complete reopening of Washington state's health care system.
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Health
Washington’s weed businesses are considered essential, but feeling squeezed
This year, the usually celebratory April 20 — also known as 4/20 — is a day of worry for Washington’s marijuana businesses.
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Business
Know anyone in China? These businesses are working their connections to get masks to Seattle
Local businesses with connections overseas are leveraging their networks to import needed personal protective equipment. Some times the process is smoother than others.
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Health
Have masks leftover from wildfires, or a home project? The Seattle Mask Brigade will pick them up
The Seattle Mask Brigade is one new group working to fill the needs of healthcare workers and others on the front line grappling with shortages of personal protective equipment.
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Vulnerable jail inmates are in solitary for ‘social distancing and infection prevention’ in King County
King County inmates most vulnerable to COVID-19 are being kept in solitary confinement during the outbreak.
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Health
Washington hospitals are hoping for the best, preparing for the worst
The region’s hospitals are bracing themselves for what they’re hoping WON’T come: a big surge in patients sick with COVID-19.
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Here's how Washington state health care workers are collecting medical equipment donations
Washington state can’t fill all the orders for medical supplies, so health care workers and their labor unions are collecting them instead.
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Health
‘It’s almost a last-minute situation.’
Healthcare facilities in Washington state continue to worry if they’ll have enough masks and other equipment to protect their employees.