King County Board of Health meets July 15 to talk about drug-user health

  • Staff report
  • Wednesday, July 14, 2021 1:00pm
  • Northwest

The King County Board of Health meets at 1 p.m. July 15 to talk about drug-user health and hear a determinants of equity briefing.

To help prevent the spread of the COVID-19, all Board members and staff will be participating remotely.

To watch or listen in, paste the following link into the address bar of your web browser: www.kingcounty.gov/boh/zoom to join online.


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