July 19, 2022, 7:31am Health
Washington’s hospitals are again “dramatically over capacity,” as challenges discharging patients worsen and staff shortages persist, the state’s health care leaders said Monday. Read story
July 18, 2022, 7:38am Health
A new nationwide three-digit number has been established for those needing assistance with a mental health crisis or thoughts of suicide, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Health. Read story
July 18, 2022, 6:02am Health
Six days after the Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion, lupus patient Becky Schwarz got an unexpected message from her rheumatologist. Read story
July 18, 2022, 6:02am Health
School is out for the summer, but Rogers High School’s Carl “Tuffy” Ellingsen Athletic Center was packed Monday afternoon with kids ready to learn how their health and well -being are critical to chase their dreams. Read story
July 17, 2022, 6:07am Health
To Bill Gates, it’s obvious world leaders will fund a global health team to prevent the next pandemic. Read story
July 17, 2022, 6:02am Health
With online and retail sports betting now legal in more than 30 states, the portrait of a new problem gambler is emerging: the high school student. Read story
July 17, 2022, 6:00am Health
In a few short months, the weather will turn crisp, the holiday season will draw near, and the coronavirus may embark on its third consecutive winter of death and devastation. Read story
July 17, 2022, 6:00am Health
Ask just about anyone for their thoughts on what causes homelessness, and you will likely hear drug addiction, mental illness, alcoholism and poverty. Read story
July 17, 2022, 6:00am Health
At a recent rally in Nashville, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out at some of the “back-alley abortion” imagery on signs, including bloody coat hangers. Edwards reminded the crowd, driven into the streets by the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision on abortion rights, that it’s not like… Read story
July 16, 2022, 3:29pm Health
A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. An obstetrician delays inducing a miscarriage until a woman with severe pregnancy complications seems “sick enough.” A lupus patient must stop taking medication that controls… Read story
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