July 27, 2022, 8:11am Business
As U.S. opioid deaths mounted in 2016, the incoming head of the Food and Drug Administration promised a “sweeping review” of prescription painkillers in hopes of reversing the worst overdose epidemic in American history. Read story
July 27, 2022, 7:51am Health
The European Union’s commissioner for health is urging the bloc’s governments to step up their efforts to tackle the expanding monkeypox outbreak in the region, which she says is “the epicenter of detected cases.” Read story
July 27, 2022, 7:18am Health
Cowlitz County reported its first confirmed monkeypox case Tuesday, as the statewide number of cases passed 100. Read story
July 27, 2022, 7:17am Health
Washington has been facing an increase in drug-related deaths, but now residents will be able to receive free life-saving medication by mail. Read story
July 26, 2022, 4:04pm Health
Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. Read story
July 24, 2022, 6:05am Health
A robotic arm exoskeleton being tested in Spokane is reaching to advance recovery for stroke patients. Read story
July 24, 2022, 6:02am Health
Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics. Read story
July 24, 2022, 6:00am Health
Through a wave of pandemic-related litigation, a trio of small but mighty conservative legal blocs has rolled back public health authority at the local, state and federal levels, recasting America’s future battles against infectious diseases. Read story
July 24, 2022, 6:00am Business
For years, Joe Connolly watched his mother, aunt and grandmother struggle with a series of health problems. Read story
July 24, 2022, 5:59am Health
Freddy Fernandez almost wasn’t here, on his couch in his Missouri home, his baby on his lap, gnawing on the pulse oximeter that he uses to check his oxygen levels after a months-long bout with COVID-19. Read story
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