May 11, 2023, 7:15pm Health
Washington had its deadliest flu season in five years, the Department of Health said Thursday. Read story
May 11, 2023, 3:51pm Health
The World Health Organization said Thursday that the global outbreak of mpox, which initially baffled experts when the smallpox-related disease spread to more than 100 countries last year, is no longer an international emergency, after a dramatic drop in cases in recent months. Read story
May 11, 2023, 11:16am Health
Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can donate blood in the U.S. without abstaining from sex, under a federal policy finalized Thursday by health regulators. Read story
May 11, 2023, 9:24am Health Free
At one of Seattle’s last remaining mass COVID-19 testing clinics, stretched out near the University of Washington’s Husky Stadium, the parking lot is much emptier than it used to be. Read story
May 10, 2023, 6:52pm Health Free
Gov. Jay Inslee has rescinded a requirement that Washington state employees receive vaccinations for COVID-19, ending one of the strictest such mandates in the country. Read story
May 10, 2023, 10:40am Health
Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. Read story
May 10, 2023, 10:22am Health
Vermont’s Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone. Read story
May 10, 2023, 10:20am Health
Britain’s fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. Read story
May 10, 2023, 9:58am Health
For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as “the guy from Buffalo.” Read story
May 9, 2023, 4:29pm Health
Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday. Read story
