David Hyde
Reporter
About
David’s people-focused politics coverage tracks local and national races. At KUOW, David has also reported for our Hearken Team answering listener questions,and covered a variety of other topics ranging from vaccine hesitancy to climate change.
Previously David worked as talk show producer and also frequently hosted interviews and live call-in segments. David's education includes PhD ABD in U.S. History from Rutgers University and a BA in History from Reed College.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Professional Affiliations: Society of Professional Journalists
Stories
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Politics
Seattle police union tossed out of King County labor council
The King County labor council threw out the Seattle police officers union in a contentious vote Wednesday night.
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Race & Identity
Big labor makes big demands for change by Seattle police
Big labor is making big demands of the Seattle Police Officers Guild: Get on board with new reforms to address institutional racism and unconstitutional policing, or risk losing the protection of the labor council in King County.
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Race & Identity
Drive to kick Seattle Police Officers Guild out of King County Labor Council
Protests around the country against police brutality have highlighted the role police unions play in maintaining the status quo. Now there’s a petition drive to expel the Seattle Police Officers Guild from the King County Labor Council.
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Health
Seattle man spikes fever after second dose of trial coronavirus vaccine
There’s been some excitement about the first coronavirus vaccine to be tested on humans, but a Seattle man who is part of that trial has had a reaction to a high dose of the vaccine. “I did have some issues after getting the second dose. I had a fever and was nauseous and even fainted,” said science communicator and vaccine volunteer Ian Haydon.
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Health
Are those ‘Covid toes,’ or should you be wearing slippers?
The syndrome is being called “Covid toe,” but how (or even whether) Covid-19 actually causes it is a mystery, one that researchers in the Seattle area are trying to solve.
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Health
Seattle’s first confirmed case of rare childhood disease linked to Covid-19
Seattle has had its first confirmed case of a rare inflammatory disease closely linked to Covid-19, which affects children. It was identified and treated at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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Health
Two 'promising' Covid-19 treatments give Seattle-area patients and doctors hope
Very few medical professionals in the United States had seen a patient with Covid-19 when Raymond Sismaet showed up at his doctor’s office at the end of February complaining about a bad cough. On a return visit two days later he was sent by ambulance to the emergency room, "and from then it got real hazy for me,” Sismaet said.
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Health
The race for the coronavirus vaccine in Seattle, and the people behind it
The race for the coronavirus vaccine in Seattle, and the people behind it. We feature three people on the frontlines of developing a coronavirus vaccine.
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Health
Follow this Seattle scientist as he's injected for coronavirus vaccine project
Ian Haydon of Seattle will launch into the unknown with his first injection Wednesday in a project to develop an experimental Covid-19 vaccine.
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Technology
Restaurant delivery drivers try to weather the Covid-19 storm
Cary Purnell is a restaurant delivery driver in the Seattle area for Uber Eats. She’s also homeless and worried about getting Covid-19, in part because she doesn’t have health insurance.