According to the World Health Organization a community needs a minimum of 90% of its members to be vaccinated to help prevent measles outbreaks. Our current Yakima County vaccination rate is 89.4%.
City and county leaders say the property Northeast of the city sewage treatment plant and close to the Yakima Greenway pathway is the best area and that they'll use landscaping and rules to mitigate impacts to the area from homelessness.
The six cases include residents of King (1), Snohomish (1), Thurston (1), ) and Pierce (1) Yakima (2) counties . All were infected with the same strain of Salmonella bacteria. The last confirmed case reported illness on Sept. 15.
"The Department of Health sent a notice to public health departments for distribution to healthcare providers across the state to be alert for other suspected AFM cases.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg testified in Olympia Monday telling lawmakers he's in favor of a proposal to replace capital punishment with life without the possibility of parole.