Patricia S. Guthrie is a veteran staff and freelance health reporter, most recently at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A recipient of many national journalism awards, she was selected as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard in 1995. A recent transplant to the Northwest, she's beginning to figure out why Seattle residents are treated for Seasonal Affective Disorder in summer.

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Tuberculosis is back and this time it's drug-resistant

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October 8, 8:10 AM

by Patricia S. Guthrie, Seattle Health Examiner

TB.

Two letters summing up one disease most Americans think is long past.

It's not.

It's worse. Than ever before.

And its letters longer.

XDR-TB. Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis.

One photographer, one organization and one Web site are trying to stop it.

See it. Share it. Send it.

It's compelling. It's disturbing.

It's what's happening.

Now.

Topics: TB , drug-resistant TB

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Tainted food scandal that started in China has gone global

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September 28, 11:27 PM

The ubiquitous claim, "Made in China" is more and more becoming code for "Buyer Beware." China's most popular exported candy, White Rabbit Creamy Candy, and a popular instant coffee and milk tea canned beverage, Mr. Brown, are... Read More

Tainted Chinese milk that has sickened thousands impacting world food market

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September 27, 10:21 AM

There's so much bad news surfacing in China now about deadly tainted food that maybe Bill Marler, Seattle's famed food-poisoning lawyer, should consider setting up an office there. He's thought about, believe me. But there's one catch -- China... Read More

Seattle food contamination expert in China as tainted milk sickens thousands of kids

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September 23, 3:16 PM

The World According to Bill Marler. Oh, what an interesting one. Consider the dilemma facing Seattle's esquire extraordinaire of e.coli this week in China. Slated to give a keynote address today at an international food safety conference, the... Read More
Topics: Bill Marler , China , milk , contamination

Baby bottles, BPA plastics raise new red flags for health concerns

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September 17, 12:31 PM

Beware baby bottles? Or beware scientific studies? You decide with the latest ruling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the safety of plastic baby bottles, refillable water bottles and other food packaging containing BPA -- bispheonol... Read More

Katie Couric's telethon raises $100 million for cancer research

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September 12, 2:00 PM

The Stand Up To Cancer initiative, SU2C, has raised more than $100 million, including a $25 million pledge submitted during its Sept. 5 show that aired simultaneously on NBC, CBS and ABC. The new non-profit group -- that is trying to boost... Read More
Topics: Couric , Cancer , Stand Up 2 Cancer

SU2C: Katie Couric sounds rally cry with Stand Up To Cancer special

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September 4, 2:15 PM

Cancer is everywhere. Your family, your friends, your job. My brother (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.) My cousin (testicular cancer.) My hometown friend (esophageal cancer.).. My supervisor's mother (liver cancer.) And that's just... Read More
Topics: Couric , Cancer

90 years after Great Flu Pandemic, CDC issues book and new warnings

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August 21, 4:01 PM

Imagine a contagious disease killing thousands by the day in this country that cannot be cured, controlled or contained? And 50 million becoming fatally ill worldwide? No, not AIDS. Influenza. Flu, the nasty bout of muscle aches,... Read More
Topics: Flu Pandemic , 1918 , Seattle

Uninsured Washingtonians can save money on prescription drugs

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August 14, 9:26 AM

Out of drugs? Prescription drugs that is -- the kind that generally cost much more than illegal street drugs, and are, ironically harder to come by? If you're one of the nearly 600,000 Washington residents without health insurance,... Read More
Topics: Prescription drugs , costs , savings , Washington

Skin cancer in Washington state among highest in nation

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August 7, 12:26 PM

Let the sunshine in, Seattle. Just remember the dark side behind these sunny rays: Skin cancer.Today, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Ultraviolet Alert for Seattle, rating the intensity of the sun's radiation at 8 or "very... Read More
Topics: skin cancer , sun , Washington state