Chantell Harmon Reed was selected as the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s public health director in March 2024. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Board unanimously approved a ...

In October 2024, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD) and the City of Tacoma announced the Street Medicine Pilot Program — funded by a $1 million grant from the Washington State ...

Three separate unions filed a complaint against the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s public health director, alleging she created a toxic work environment and practiced bullying and ...

Three unions representing employees with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department filed a complaint with the Board of Health against the department’s public health director Chantell Harmon ...

Nearly six months after being announced, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s program to provide health care to those living unhoused in the region is still not up and running.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said Wednesday it is investigating a possible locally acquired case of malaria after a local woman who had not traveled recently was diagnosed with the ...

TACOMA, Wash. — More funding is going towards fighting the opioid crisis in Tacoma. Pierce County Human Services recently awarded $1.3 million to expand detox services at Metropolitan ...

Beaches in Pierce County are closed to shellfish harvesting due to dangerous levels of biotoxins, according to a Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department news release on Aug. 8. The closure ordered ...

Swimmers were urged to stay out of the water after a toxic algae advisory was issued for Spanaway Lake on Wednesday by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. Samples collected on Monday ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Health officials are investigating what could be the first case of locally acquired malaria ever recorded in Washington state. A woman in Pierce County who has not recently ...