To address this resurgence, Public Health conducted outreach and education campaigns in 2024. Officials say they have been organizing bimonthly clinics at the Torres Community Shelter in Chico and at ...

Voters in Yakima County are evaluating Proposition 1, a measure that aims to fund a new emergency radio system through a ...

A Yakima man was arrested in Grant County Thursday following a three-month-long drug trafficking investigation.

YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash.–Yakima Coroner Jim Curtice officially resigned after a Mutual Settlement and Separation Agreement with ...

County Public Health Services is raising awareness about tuberculosis – a preventable and curable disease – as World Tuberculosis Day was Monday, March 24. Tuberculosis is a communicable disease that ...

Washington lawmakers are considering whether to close the two residential habilitation centers that are home to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

Treatment for active TB disease can take six to nine months depending on the treatment plan. So what are the symptoms? They ...

The Yakima Health District is monitoring a rise in tuberculosis cases in Yakima County. Nine new cases have been reported so far this year, nearly as many as ...

As of Wednesday, Yakima County has 17 cases of tuberculosis, Stephanie Ruiz, the health district spokesperson, said in an email. The county health district reported earlier that 16 people are sick ...

When health workers stopped visiting her home in Pakistan to administer tuberculosis medication, Ratna Jamni began dragging herself to a clinic “step by painful step, when even standing feels ...