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Website. doh .wa .gov. The Washington State Department of Health is a state agency of Washington. It is headquartered in Olympia, Washington. [1] The agency was created by the state legislature in May 1989 after splitting from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. [2]
Washington made the first announcement of a death from the disease in the U.S. on February 29 and later announced that two deaths there on February 26 were also due to COVID-19. Until mid-March, Washington had the highest absolute number of confirmed cases and the highest number per capita of any state in the country, [1] until it was surpassed ...
Washington State Department of Health. Maxine D. Hayes (born 1946) is an American public health expert who was the State Health Officer for Washington state from 1998 until 2013. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2006 and awarded the American Public Health Association Martha May Eliot Award.
Sep. 19—OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Health has announced the debut of a new data dashboard tracking respiratory illnesses statewide. The new dashboard will include COVID-19 activity ...
The effort is a partnership between the Washington Department of Health and the three providers who oversee the state’s 988 mental health hotlines. Volunteers of America, the designated 998 ...
Public Health – Seattle & King County ( PHSKC) is the public health department in King County, Washington, United States. It is jointly managed by the City of Seattle and King County governments, [1] serving approximately 2.6 million residents. Some of its services include King County Medic One, overdose prevention and response, online ...
The Department of Social and Health Services ( DSHS) is Washington 's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia, the state capital. [1] Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid ...
The state Health Department is advising restaurants and retailers in Hawaii not to serve or sell certain oysters and bay clams harvested from Oregon and Washington state due to potential ...