April 21, 2022, 7:40am Health Free
Counting coronavirus cases just isn’t what it used to be. Read story
April 21, 2022, 7:38am Health Free
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Washington state is increasing slightly, but public health officials are encouraged they have not also seen an increase in severe cases. Read story
April 20, 2022, 7:41am Health
New evolution of the coronavirus’s omicron variant could mean the virus is becoming more “steady” and “flu-like,” said Trevor Bedford, a leading infectious disease scientist in Seattle who has tracked the virus’s genome since the pandemic began. Read story
April 19, 2022, 8:28am Health
Health officials say they have detected more cases of a mysterious liver disease in children that was first identified in Britain, with new infections spreading to Europe and the U.S. Read story
April 19, 2022, 8:06am Health
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. Read story
April 19, 2022, 7:32am Business Free
Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work. Read story
April 19, 2022, 7:27am Health
Five people died from drug overdoses each day last year in Washington, on average. Here’s what experts say about how to be safe and find help: Read story
April 18, 2022, 6:23pm Health Wire
A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Read story
April 18, 2022, 8:03am Health
The federal “test-to-treat” program, announced in March, is meant to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths by quickly getting antiviral pills to people who test positive. But even as cases rise again, many Americans don’t have access to the program. Read story
April 18, 2022, 7:55am Health
Browse any medical dictionary, and before hitting appendectomy and anesthesia, you’ll find abortion. Read story
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