National Overdose Deaths Rose During The War On Drugs, But Efforts To Reduce Them Face Backlash Researchers know how to curb the risks of overdose and disease among drug users, but policymakers are reluctant to allow public health measures that include needle exchanges and access to safer drugs. Brian Mann
Health Ready, Set ... Think! Hackathon Aims To Kill Off Fake Health Rumors How do you fight misinformation around neglected tropical diseases? In this competition, teams of college students across the globe had 24 hours to cook up a cool plan. Nadia Whitehead
National As More Migrants Arrive, U.S. Expands Efforts To Identify And Admit Most Vulnerable More migrants are granted humanitarian exceptions to a pandemic public health order that effectively closed the Southern border. U.S. officials are working with NGOs to identify the most vulnerable. Joel Rose Angela Kocherga Max Rivlin-Nadler
Government Surprising day For WA counties on the verge of a phase rollback ‘The governor seems to be gambling that in two weeks the situation will look pretty different than it does today.’ Kim Malcolm Eilís O'Neill
Health King County braces for reopening rollbacks despite vaccination progress Washington state is in a fourth wave of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. For King County and other counties around the state, that is likely to result in a return of tighter restrictions. Kim Malcolm Kate Walters
Health Pandemic is 'substantial, but holding steady' in King County ‘One of our big limiting factors in the state is supply. It's still not meeting demand, and it's actually gone down.’ Kim Malcolm Kate Walters
Health Why South Africa Banned Booze — And What Happened Next The hope was that if people weren't out drinking, they wouldn't be spreading the coronavirus. There were unforeseen benefits to the ban, which ended last month — and negative impacts as well. Eyder Peralta
National Trying To Assess COVID's Impact On Arab-American Communities Is Complicated It's hard to track the rate of COVID-19 infections among Arab Americans, who are often counted as white on survey forms without a separate checkbox for Middle Eastern or North African origins. Hadia Bakkar
Race & Identity How Is Racism A Health Threat? Consider The Phrase 'So-Called Race' Epidemiologist Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones says race is merely "the social interpretation of how we look." This social reality is important because different racial groups have different health outcomes. Steve Inskeep
Health Vaccination eligibility will soon expand big time. Will Washington state have a supply issue? ‘If you are not eligible now, but becoming eligible on Wednesday, you can actually start looking for an appointment as long as it's for a date after you become eligible.’ Kim Malcolm Eilís O'Neill
