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Seattle mulls next steps for Healthy Streets program

The City of Seattle is considering reopening some residential streets that were closed to car traffic in the early months of the pandemic.
- Ruby de Luna
Wildfire smoke continues to blanket much of the Puget Sound region

Dr. Cora Sack is a University of Washington Assistant Professor. She has expertise in lung disease, and the health effects of air pollution and wildfire smoke.
- John O'Brien
UW cancer researcher tells us, ‘it’s been a ride.’ She’s hopeful about cancer vaccine prospects

‘We have a very important word before the vaccine. That word is cancer. In my experience, the fear of cancer trumps any fear of vaccines. I think most people who are coming to us are really trying to survive their cancer, or improve their chances of surviving their cancer.’
- John O'Brien
Week in Review: Seattle's new police chief, transportation, and the state of the pandemic

Bill Radke discusses the week's news with independent health care journalist Joanne Silberner, political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and Seattle Times David Kroman.
- Kevin Kniestedt
How long will smoky skies linger above Puget Sound?

The smell of the air around the Puget Sound today is... not pleasant. Some KUOW employees described it as "like a smoked ham" or "similar to a car backfiring". So, how long will we be living with this burnt ham, car backfiring, badly-made bonfire smoke? And what is breathing it in doing to our bodies?
- Libby Denkmann
Western WA is covered by smoke again. But for how long?

There’s smoke in the air again this week, thanks to winds from the east that are bringing smoke from the Bolt Creek fire into the Puget Sound region. And an inversion is trapping that smoke close to the ground. Still, the air quality is not hazardous for most people.
- Eilís O'Neill
King County to buy treatment center as mental health beds are on the decline

King County is in the final stages of purchasing a long term residential mental health treatment center in North Seattle. Cascade Hall, 64-bed facility holds about a quarter of the county’s residential treatment beds. This purchase will not increase the County's capacity of beds. However, it will preserve the current already low count.
- Natalie Akane Newcomb
King County youth navigate mental health together at Teen Link

Every new school year brings with it some of the same anxieties for both students and their parents — although there may be some new stressors this year.
- Katie Campbell
What to expect when you're expecting a booster shot

KUOW Reporter Kate Walters joins Soundside to get us up to speed on the new vaccine boosters that target Omicron variants.
- Hans Anderson
What happened and why? Federal investigators begin search of seaplane wreckage

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that a team of investigators had arrived on Whidbey Island to begin investigating the cause of Sunday’s seaplane crash in Mutiny Bay.
- Casey Martin

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