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FILE- This undated photo provided by Esperion Therapeutics Inc. shows the cholesterol-lowering drug Nexletol. In a major study released Saturday, March 4, 2023, Nexletol reduced the risk of heart attacks and other health problems in people who can't take drugs called statins, the main cholesterol-lowering treatment. (Esperion Therapeutics Inc.

Can’t take statins? New pill cuts cholesterol, heart attacks

FILE- This undated photo provided by Esperion Therapeutics Inc. shows the cholesterol-lowering drug Nexletol. In a major study released Saturday, March 4, 2023, Nexletol reduced the risk of heart attacks and other health problems in people who can't take drugs called statins, the main cholesterol-lowering treatment. (Esperion Therapeutics Inc.

March 4, 2023, 12:30pm Health

Drugs known as statins are the first-choice treatment for high cholesterol but millions of people who can't or won't take those pills because of side effects may have another option. Read story

Washington resumes free telehealth appointments for COVID-19

March 3, 2023, 5:59pm Health

The Washington State Department of Health has resumed its free telehealth program, allowing people with a positive COVID-19 test to get oral antivirals like Paxlovid. Read story

The implications of Walgreens’ decision on abortion pills

March 3, 2023, 12:36pm Business

Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did so. Read story

FILE - Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. COVID-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab or spread to humans from an animal. (AP Photo/Mark J.

COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins

FILE - Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. COVID-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab or spread to humans from an animal. (AP Photo/Mark J.

March 1, 2023, 8:12am Health

COVID-19’s origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it’s still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab or spread to humans from an animal. Read story

FILE - This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, will cut prices for some older insulins later this year, and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay when they fill prescriptions. The moves promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face thousands of dollars a year in bills for insulin they need to live.

Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap

FILE - This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, will cut prices for some older insulins later this year, and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay when they fill prescriptions. The moves promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face thousands of dollars a year in bills for insulin they need to live.

March 1, 2023, 7:44am Business

Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay to fill prescriptions. Read story

Colorful fruits and vegetables are available for purchase at the new Thiselle Creek Farm farm stand in Yacolt.

Are Washington kids eating fruits and veggies? Data shows where we rank in U.S.

Colorful fruits and vegetables are available for purchase at the new Thiselle Creek Farm farm stand in Yacolt.

March 1, 2023, 7:34am Health

When it comes to nutrition, a lot of Americans are starting off on the wrong foot. Read story

FILE - This 1981 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a human respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, a panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could become the first shot to protect older adults against the RSV respiratory virus.

FDA panel narrowly backs Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults

FILE - This 1981 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a human respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, a panel of U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could become the first shot to protect older adults against the RSV respiratory virus.

February 28, 2023, 3:34pm Health

Federal health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could soon become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV. Read story

After capping insulin copays, Colorado sets its sights on EpiPens

February 28, 2023, 8:41am Health

Almost four years after becoming the first state to cap insulin copayments, Colorado may limit what consumers pay for epinephrine autoinjectors, also known as EpiPens, which treat serious allergic reactions. Read story

FILE - Chinese scientist He Jiankui arrives to speak at a brief press conference in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2023. He, a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world's first genetically edited babies, said that he hopes to research rare hereditary diseases in Hong Kong.

For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science

FILE - Chinese scientist He Jiankui arrives to speak at a brief press conference in Beijing on Feb. 21, 2023. He, a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world's first genetically edited babies, said that he hopes to research rare hereditary diseases in Hong Kong.

February 28, 2023, 8:31am Health

Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Now, after serving three years in a Chinese prison for practicing medicine without a license, he faces obstacles and critics as he tries to re-enter science. Read story

FILE - This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Experts are marveling at how U.S. disease detectives figured out how eyedrops were linked to dozens of infections.

How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people

FILE - This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Experts are marveling at how U.S. disease detectives figured out how eyedrops were linked to dozens of infections.

February 28, 2023, 8:30am Health

The patients’ eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost nothing else. A doctor called one case the worst eye infection he’d ever seen. Read story