<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Thursday,  November 21 , 2024

Linkedin Pinterest
Healthright chevron arrow icon

Health Wire

In this image taken from a video provided by Idaho Fourth District Court, Rebecca Vincen-Brown, lower right, tears up as she testifies in court about her abortion, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

In this image taken from a video provided by Idaho Fourth District Court, Rebecca Vincen-Brown, lower right, tears up as she testifies in court about her abortion, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

November 12, 2024, 4:17pm Health

Four women suing over Idaho's strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy… Read story

Gonzaga University launches online-only Master of Public Health for fall 2025

November 12, 2024, 1:26pm Health

Gonzaga University will provide a Master of Public Health degree beginning in 2025. Read story

Amy Winehouse died in 2011 of alcohol poisoning.

Are famous people more likely to die at 27, or does dying at 27 make them more famous?

Amy Winehouse died in 2011 of alcohol poisoning.

November 12, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

Their deaths have fueled the notion that 27 is a lethal age for musicians and other notable artists. Read story

Dan, 44, climbs the steps into an Evergreen Treatment Services&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave; mobile vehicle to get a dose of methadone, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in downtown Seattle.

Influx of mobile methadone clinics bring treatment to the streets of Seattle

Dan, 44, climbs the steps into an Evergreen Treatment Services&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave; mobile vehicle to get a dose of methadone, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in downtown Seattle.

November 10, 2024, 6:05am Health

There’s a small line forming outside a plain white box truck in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. A half-dozen folks are waiting on a gusty October morning for their turn to go inside and receive red liquid in a cup, medication that will help them get through the next 24 hours without… Read story

Viewers gather to watch a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Angry Elephant Bar and Grill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in San Antonio.

WSU study: Presidential debates trigger ‘fight or flight’ response

Viewers gather to watch a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Angry Elephant Bar and Grill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in San Antonio.

November 10, 2024, 6:02am Health

Morgan Bortnick, a third-year University of Washington student, watched the September presidential debate with The New York Times’ live fact-check open on her computer. Read story

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association.

Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations – absence of nuns in top roles in raises questions

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association.

November 9, 2024, 6:04am Churches & Religion

Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association. Read story

Camilo Martin picks blueberries at the Coopertiva Tierra y Libertad farm Friday, July 7, 2023, in Everson, Wash. Farms and workers must adapt to changing climate conditions.

How a proposed federal heat rule might have saved these workers’ lives

Camilo Martin picks blueberries at the Coopertiva Tierra y Libertad farm Friday, July 7, 2023, in Everson, Wash. Farms and workers must adapt to changing climate conditions.

November 9, 2024, 6:02am Business

On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. The call was from a woman at the Florida landscaping business that he had joined that week, the Davey Tree Expert Co., Ramones said. By the time she arrived, she said,… Read story

Dentists are pulling ‘healthy’ and treatable teeth to profit from implants, experts warn

November 9, 2024, 5:43am Health

Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix most of her teeth with root canals and crowns, Carroll said, but she was wary of traveling a long road of dental work. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump points to the crowd at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump points to the crowd at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

November 6, 2024, 7:40am Health

Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care. Read story

Fact check: No evidence Trump’s drug program for terminal patients saved ‘thousands’ of lives

November 4, 2024, 9:32am Health

Former President Donald Trump has boasted in recent months about “Right To Try,” a law he signed in 2018. It’s aimed at boosting terminally ill patients’ access to potentially lifesaving medications not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Read story