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  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    The Long Nightmare is Over: Tacoma Bans Smokers from Public Parks

    Little Mike often wonders how his life would have turned out had the ban been approved a month earlier​Double shots of espresso. Emotional repression. A bygone, but defining epoch in popular music. And a weakness for unconstitutional public safety measures. These are just a few of the things ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2009

    Developmentally Disabled, Unable to Speak ... Ready to Work?

    The state wants developmentally disabled people to learn real-world job skills. Some families think that’s asking too much.

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Swine Flu Has Probably Hit Seattle, Etc.

    Six suspected cases in the state. Wash your hands often, and read King County's press release after the jump.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    An Exclusive SW Interview With Joan Rivers

    Joan Rivers' work as comedienne, actress, and talk show host spans over more than 40 years. The media icon -- known as much for the work she's had done as she is her quick wit -- fittingly just wrote a guidebook for women on plastic surgery titled Men Are Stupid... And They Like Big Boobs. Here, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    Five More Reasons To Get a Flu Shot

    Culled from a conversation with Dr. Paul Pottinger, an infectious diseases expert at the UW.1. This year's flu shot is really good. Every year, researchers try to determine which strains of the flu virus will be most common. This year, they got two out of the three right guessed right on the two m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Oregon Reveals The Dilemmas of Dying

    In the more than a decade since the Death with Dignity law was enacted in Oregon, several researchers have studied its effect intensively by interviewing people who want to kill themselves as well as their doctors and families. Oregon doctors Linda Ganzini and Susan Tolle have led the way in this re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Harborview Legend Stepping Down from ER

    In the more than a decade since the Death with Dignity law was enacted in Oregon, several researchers have studied its effect intensively by interviewing people who want to kill themselves as well as their doctors and families. Oregon doctors Linda Ganzini and Susan Tolle have led the way in this re ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    You Would Smoke, Too, if It Happened to You

    Timothy Garon lost out on a potential liver transplant, in part because he was using pot to ease hepatitis symptoms. Now his son is being charged for growing the weed.

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Pot Proponents Extend Deadline

    Timothy Garon lost out on a potential liver transplant, in part because he was using pot to ease hepatitis symptoms. Now his son is being charged for growing the weed.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    R.I.P. Danny Federici

    Timothy Garon lost out on a potential liver transplant, in part because he was using pot to ease hepatitis symptoms. Now his son is being charged for growing the weed.

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    Smoking Ban’s Unlikely Victim: Pull Tabs

    Puffing outside can seriously interrupt a player’s rhythm.

  • News

    January 9, 2008

    Bremertonians, Islanders Look Different; How Can You Be So Rude?

    Puffing outside can seriously interrupt a player’s rhythm.

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    Shameless Press Release of the Month

    Puffing outside can seriously interrupt a player’s rhythm.

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Health Officials Want to Track HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tape

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • Diversions

    October 31, 2007

    How Can I Stay In a Sexless Relationship Without Feeling Resentful?

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2007

    Book Release: Gluten-Free Girl

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    Angels in the Dust: Again With Miserable Africa

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    As Drug-Resistant HIV Spreads, Its Implications Are Still a Mystery

    It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2007

    Natural Philanthropy

    It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2007

    Smokers Win at Tulalip Casino

    It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

  • News

    February 7, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    Petting Zoo

    Washington state's nonexistent sex-education standards have made lips the new zipper. By Nina Shapiro

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2006

    Selling Icos

    Washington state's nonexistent sex-education standards have made lips the new zipper. By Nina Shapiro

  • News

    September 27, 2006

    Broke as a Smoke

    Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2006

    Medical Pot Grower Beats The Rap

    Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2006

    Smoking Ban Doesn't Pencil Out

    Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2006

    Lawsuit Against Smoking Ban

    Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2006

    The P-I Blows Smoke

    Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2006

    Boost For Smoking Ban

    Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy

  • News

    February 15, 2006

    Gone Down in Smoke

    State lawmakers snuff smoking-ban exemptions.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Arson as Political Speech

    State lawmakers snuff smoking-ban exemptions.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    Seattle Responds to Big Nanny

    State lawmakers snuff smoking-ban exemptions.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Big Nanny Is Watching You

    Stripping, booze, and smoking bans: Seattle's nannies are in full scold mode, and progressives are the biggest party poopers of all.

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    Contagion in the Jail

    Inmates, their families, and even elected officials wonder if the county health department is taking the presence of flesh-eating disease seriously enough.

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Public Health and Monorails

    Inmates, their families, and even elected officials wonder if the county health department is taking the presence of flesh-eating disease seriously enough.

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    The Super Flood

    Inmates, their families, and even elected officials wonder if the county health department is taking the presence of flesh-eating disease seriously enough.

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    Butt Out

    Inmates, their families, and even elected officials wonder if the county health department is taking the presence of flesh-eating disease seriously enough.

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Fatal Flu

    A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you're a health or government worker, no one's planning to save you.

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Flu's Fluidity

    A historic pandemic like that of 1918 is likely, perhaps as soon as this winter, and unless you're a health or government worker, no one's planning to save you.

  • Music

    April 6, 2005

    Jimmy Chamberlain Complex

    Also: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Benefit: Fight To Mars + Left Hand Smoke + Lee Rude And The Trainwrecks, and Marbles.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    More Midwife Strife

    The state Health Department is investigating a controversial home-birth advocate—again.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    HIV: Criminal Intent

    Anthony Whitfield was recently convicted in Olympia in one of the nation's worst HIV assault cases. But his prosecution raises serious questions about who is being charged with spreading the AIDS virus and reveals the problems of trying to police private behavior for the public good.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    The AIDS Scare That Wasn't

    Seattle's 'new wave' of HIV infections hasn't materialized.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Conflating the loss of a hiking trip with the loss of people's livestock and homes isn't amusing."

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Life Goes On

    Catching up on our breast cancer survivor.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Just as women have the right to choose whether or not to give birth, they have the right to choose where and how their babies are delivered. . . . "

  • News

    March 24, 2004

    Birth Rights and Wrongs

    There's no stronger advocate for natural childbirth than uncompromising midwife Debra O'Conner. But a tragic pregnancy and a state investigation of her practice reveal a clash of values: At what point should midwifery yield to medical intervention?

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    Running With Fear

    Confessions of a breast cancer poster child.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    'What We Need to Do'

    African-American clergy join their community's fight against AIDS.

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Diagnosis: Hopeless

    Washington's health care system is not working for the poor, middle-class retirees, or doctors. Will any politicians respond to the impending crash?

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