Elise Takahama

Seattle

Reporter at Seattle Times

health reporter @seattletimes | board rep @aajaseattle | alum @dailyfreepress 💌 | [email protected] (she/her)

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Articles

RFK Jr. fires ‘Washingtonian of the year’ from CDC vaccine panel

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Elise Takahama

Many vaccine scientists and researchers are still in disbelief over how quickly the future of their field has shifted in the last week. It took two years for Seattle infectious disease doctor Helen Chu to go through the rigorous process of applying to one of the country’s top vaccine advisory panels.
Washington state whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop

1 week ago | medicalxpress.com | Elise Takahama |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin

Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease's continued surge here and nationwide. The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was "staggering" and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.
Washington state whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Elise Takahama

SEATTLE - Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease's continued surge here and nationwide. The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was "staggering" and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.
Washington state whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Elise Takahama

SEATTLE — Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and nationwide. The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was “staggering” and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.
WA whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop

2 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Elise Takahama

Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and nationwide. The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was “staggering,” and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.
Ferguson names new WA top health official

2 weeks ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Elise Takahama

Washington state will get a new secretary of health in less than a month. Dennis Worsham is currently the director of the Snohomish County Health Department, and will bring more than 32 years of public health experience when he steps up to lead the state Department of Health. He begins July 7, and will become the state's third health secretary in six years.
WA whooping cough cases soar

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Elise Takahama

Washington state reported 25 times as many whooping cough cases last year as the year before, according to new data that serve as a reminder of the disease’s continued surge here and nationwide. The state Department of Health in a Friday statement said the rise in cases last year was “staggering,” and coincides with a drop in whooping cough vaccination rates among young children.
Elise Takahama: Virginia Mason is sued after telling woman her nurse may have stolen pain meds

2 weeks ago | tri-cityherald.com | Elise Takahama

A woman is suing Virginia Mason Franciscan Health after the hospital told her it was possible a nurse stole her medication during her painful surgery recovery in 2023, an incident that could have exposed her to several infectious diseases. Danielle Salazar filed the class-action complaint in King County Superior Court on Monday.
Virginia Mason sued after telling woman her nurse may have stolen pain meds

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Elise Takahama

A Forks, Clallam County, woman is suing Virginia Mason Franciscan Health after the hospital told her it was possible a nurse stole her medication during her painful surgery recovery in 2023, an incident that could have exposed her to several infectious diseases. Danielle Salazar filed the class-action complaint in King County Superior Court on Monday.
Ferguson names new WA top health official

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Elise Takahama

Washington state will get a new secretary of health in less than a month. Dennis Worsham is currently the director of the Snohomish County Health Department, and will bring more than 32 years of public health experience when he steps up to lead the state Department of Health. He begins July 7, and will become the state’s third health secretary in six years.