February 20, 2023, 7:40am Health
It’s not a new practice to use our sewage to search for clues about public health trends. But after almost two years of building up Washington’s growing wastewater surveillance system, state epidemiologists are ready to branch out further. Read story
February 20, 2023, 6:04am Health
As a federal judge in Texas weighs a lawsuit that could ban a commonly used abortion drug nationwide, advocates in Washington say that medication abortion will remain accessible in the state regardless of the outcome in court, but with a different, slightly less effective approach. Read story
February 19, 2023, 12:29pm Health
At Truman Lake Manor in rural Missouri, every day begins the same way for every employee entering the nursing home's doors — with a swab up the nose, a swirl of testing solution and a brief wait to see whether a thin red line appears indicating a positive COVID-19 case. Read story
February 19, 2023, 11:10am Health
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is seeking treatment for severe depression months after having a stroke. Read story
February 19, 2023, 11:07am Health
Grace Sesma works methodically to set up her home office, lighting candles and cutting thorns from seven stemmed red roses for the day’s first session as her client chatters nearby. Read story
February 19, 2023, 10:28am Health
People with both a mental illness and a substance use disorder are arrested at higher rates than their peers with only a mental illness or addiction, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts published this week. Read story
February 19, 2023, 7:04am Health
Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father in North Carolina that he needed more time and more money, he recently recalled. Read story
February 18, 2023, 7:45am Health
As the cost of living in the U.S. has gone up, government subsidies to help people pay for basics have disappeared one-by-one. Up next on the chopping block: Emergency allotments of a food-assistance program that supports 30 million Americans living in 32 states. Read story
February 17, 2023, 1:33pm Entertainment
Dame Judi Dench made an appearance Friday on the “The Graham Norton Show” and revealed that her degenerative eye condition is making it increasingly difficult to act. Read story
February 17, 2023, 1:31pm Entertainment
Taking medicine to manage her lupus makes Selena Gomez retain water, folks. Get over it. Read story
