June 12, 2023, 7:43am Health
The Washington Department of Ecology adopted sweeping rules that will prohibit the use of toxic chemicals like PFAS and bisphenols in certain consumer products. Read story
June 12, 2023, 6:02am Health Free
If you’re a service member with a family, the military’s got your back. Read story
June 12, 2023, 6:02am Health
Tethered to IVs and fatigued with restless anticipation, Trinity Landrum distractedly nodded to the legion of scrubs scurrying in and out of her hospital room. A blood pressure cuff swelled on her left arm; a nearby monitor beeped indicating a dropping heart rate. Read story
June 12, 2023, 6:02am Health
Lizzy Earhart didn’t know much about Eating Recovery Center when she agreed to get treatment there in October 2020. She’d already received treatment for anorexia at another treatment provider in Denver, but she’d relapsed immediately after. But Eating Recovery Center was big, well-known. It seemed her best option. Read story
June 12, 2023, 5:45am Health
As she received chemotherapy in a MultiCare infusion room, Norma Lind told of how she was given likely a year or less to live when diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. Thanks to a high-dose drug regimen, she’s made it two years so far — “a miracle,” declared an oncologist sitting… Read story
June 11, 2023, 6:01am Business
In another sign of Washington’s uneven and inelegant recovery, a cooling tech industry has been overtaken by a cash-strapped health care sector as the state’s hottest job market. Read story
June 11, 2023, 6:00am Health
One in 10 people infected with the coronavirus during the omicron era suffered from long COVID, according to preliminary data from a new study — indicating the syndrome remains a notable threat even in the pandemic’s post-emergency phase. Read story
June 11, 2023, 6:00am Business
One in 10 Los Angeles County residents are burdened with medical debt, according to new research from Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health. Read story
June 11, 2023, 5:53am Health
Parkland, Pulse nightclub — and now Hollywood Beach. Read story
June 11, 2023, 5:50am Health
People concerned about the safety of patients often compare health care to aviation. Why, they ask, can’t hospitals learn from medical errors the way airlines learn from plane crashes? Read story
