November 13, 2022, 6:00am Business
When the financier Jeff Yabuki and his wife, Gail, announced last year they would give $20 million to the Children’s Wisconsin health system, they become one of a growing number of wealthy donors awarding large contributions to programs that focus on mental health. Read story
November 13, 2022, 6:00am Health
When Josephine Cabrera Taveras was infected with COVID-19 in spring 2020, she didn’t anticipate that the virus would knock her out of work for two years and put her family at risk for eviction. Read story
November 12, 2022, 1:51pm Health
Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was ordered to stay home for virus testing Saturday and a major city in the southwest closed schools as another rise in infections was reported. Read story
November 11, 2022, 12:14pm Health
A nationwide salmonella outbreak has spread to Washington, with 37 cases in the state and more than 1,000 cases confirmed across the country, according to a statement from the Whatcom County Health Department. Read story
November 10, 2022, 7:19am Health
The first mental and behavioral health 988 crisis line in the nation tailored for Native and Indigenous people, run by an all-Native team, will be live starting today for Washington residents. Read story
November 8, 2022, 6:03am Health
The vast majority of Americans will find multiple options for health insurance coverage for 2023 on HealthCare.gov after open enrollment began Nov. 1 under the Affordable Care Act. Read story
November 7, 2022, 7:47am Health
The season of sniffles and shivers is underway. Read story
November 7, 2022, 7:40am Health
Parents looking for guidance on how serious is serious when a child gets sick are getting some assistance from a local children’s hospital. Read story
November 6, 2022, 6:02am Health
Galdina Sanchez Cruz, 43, had never been to a dentist before showing up to a mobile dental clinic Saturday at Chemeketa Community College in Salem. Read story
November 6, 2022, 6:02am Health
When a case of monkeypox was reported in Nevada’s Humboldt County in August, it was the state’s first detected occurrence of the virus in a rural area. Soon, cases were found in other rural counties — Nye, Lyon, and Elko — posing another hurdle for public health systems that have… Read story
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