May 4, 2022, 7:18am Health Free
If you’ve used up the rapid tests you ordered in January, there are still rapid tests available from both Washington state and the federal government. Read story
May 4, 2022, 7:15am Health
Washington is set to become an abortion haven state if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, as a draft opinion leaked to Politico suggests the high court will do later this year. Read story
May 3, 2022, 5:50pm Health
U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation. Read story
May 3, 2022, 2:41pm Health
Months into a complex trial over their role in flooding Washington with highly addictive painkillers, the nation’s three largest opioid distributors agreed Tuesday to pay the state $518 million, with the vast majority being directed toward easing the addiction epidemic. Read story
May 3, 2022, 11:34am Health
Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June. Read story
May 3, 2022, 7:46am Business
Biogen will replace its CEO and largely abandon marketing of its controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm less than a year after the medication’s launch triggered a backlash from experts, doctors and insurers. Read story
May 3, 2022, 7:28am Health
A tuberculosis outbreak at Stafford Creek Corrections Center has spurred fears among incarcerated people and their families over whether correctional officials are properly responding to the serious and sometimes fatal infectious disease. Read story
May 3, 2022, 6:02am Health
People’s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness, and how long they live. Read story
May 2, 2022, 8:07am Health
For years, pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to risks for urinary infections and newborn jaundice. In a new policy announced Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics said it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. Read story
May 1, 2022, 6:16am Health
About 65 scientists, doctors, advocacy workers, and even a farmer or two arrived on a recent morning at a glassy medical building in South Lake Union. They crowded into a lecture hall, coffees in hand, to discuss the next frontier of treating substance-use disorders and addiction: psychedelics. Read story
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