November 1, 2022, 8:23am Health
The clip-on devices that use light to measure oxygen levels in the blood are getting a closer look from U.S. regulators after recent studies suggest they don’t work as well for patients of color. Read story
November 1, 2022, 7:42am Health
New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV that fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall. Read story
October 31, 2022, 7:03pm Health
The formal end to Washington’s COVID-19 emergency has arrived — but what that means for schools, hospitals and small businesses could vary, particularly as the state barrels toward yet another pandemic winter. Read story
October 31, 2022, 6:00am Business
Shareholder coalitions say the power of investor money can be harnessed to press the food industry to provide more nutritional foods and still improve the companies’ bottom lines. Read story
October 30, 2022, 6:02am Health
As the number of COVID-19 infection surged during the pandemic, deaths from heart attacks rose sharply as well, with adults ages 25-44 experiencing the most significant increases, according to new research from scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Read story
October 30, 2022, 6:00am Health
For a time, it seemed no one thought there was anything wrong with what happened to Carol Jason. Read story
October 29, 2022, 5:03am Business
With staffing shortages at most U.S. hospitals, a nurse can find a job nearly anywhere they’d like to live. But location isn’t the only factor to consider when looking for new employment. Read story
October 28, 2022, 8:46am Business
A prominent national survey finds that premiums for family coverage in employer health plans held steady this year — a first for an annual report that for decades has shown family coverage in the U.S. becoming increasingly expensive. Read story
October 28, 2022, 8:38am Health
Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020. Read story
October 27, 2022, 7:25pm Health
The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health Organization. Read story
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