WA has confirmed its first locally acquired malaria case in Pierce County, prompting health teams to do further digging about ...

Kansas health officials say measles is still active in the state, but no new cases have been reported since early July.

If it’s confirmed that the woman was infected with malaria in Washington, it would represent the first known locally acquired case in the state. “It would be something we haven’t seen in Washington,” ...

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Wednesday announced that an East Pierce County woman who had not traveled recently was diagnosed with the disease on Aug. 2. If confirmed that the woman ...

There have been significantly more measles cases in the U.S. compared to last year, including ten cases in Washington so far ...

Right now, we really can’t say if this indicates one person or more than one person,” a public health official said.

Besides ensuring you have the notebooks, crayons, and pencils you need for the upcoming school year, health officials want to ...

The number of measles cases has climbed this year to the highest they’ve been since the disease was declared eliminated in the US a quarter-century ago. Still, a record share of kindergartners missed ...

Quick action was crucial after 33 people were identified as potential patients. Officials laud Lynden clinic for helping ...

Decades after contracting measles during the pre-vaccine era, residents recall how infections disrupted their lives. Measles is now returning to the U.S., and nine infections were recently ...

One case was confirmed through testing at the Laboratory of Hygiene, with eight other cases confirmed based on exposure and symptoms, DHS officials said in a statement.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all ...