November 19, 2024, 7:57am Health Updated 1 day ago
Local health experts raised alarms Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump announced vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Read story
November 19, 2024, 6:00am Health
You probably have a cabinet full of rapid COVID-19 tests you’ve accumulated. The expiration dates have come closer and closer, with some tests even reaching them. Read story
November 20, 2024, 11:30am Health
A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board. Read story
November 20, 2024, 9:19am Health
Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether. Read story
November 20, 2024, 7:30am Health Updated 14 hours ago
An outbreak of E. coli has led to the recall of bagged carrots and dozens of infections have been confirmed across the country, including eight in Washington. Read story
November 20, 2024, 6:02am Health
Washington State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah said his agency would continue promoting vaccinations as the best defense against the spread of infectious disease as medical and public health experts worry about President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of… Read story
Each year, more than 200,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer, including thousands of women in Washington. In honor of their fight — and as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — The Columbian published this collection of stories about the women who have received breast cancer diagnoses, the science and technological advances for treating them and the community that supports them.
November 19, 2024, 1:27pm Health
President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read story
November 19, 2024, 6:00am Health
Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name. Read story
November 19, 2024, 6:00am Health
The same technology that saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to hold promise against another scourge of infectious disease, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania. Read story
November 19, 2024, 5:58am Health
The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday. Read story
