October 6, 2024, 5:33am Health
Over 8,000 transgender and nonbinary people live in Idaho, according to estimates from the Williams Institute. Read story
October 6, 2024, 5:29am Health
When Michelle Short, 52, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2019, her first thought was about how she’d maintain care for her son. Read story
October 5, 2024, 6:00am Health
In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a spike in the number of women seeking sterilizations to prevent pregnancy, a recent study shows. Read story
October 3, 2024, 8:10am Health
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Wednesday. Read story
October 2, 2024, 8:05am Health
It’s hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Read story
October 2, 2024, 8:01am Health
In a brazen attempt at rewriting history, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance claimed during Tuesday night’s debate that former President Donald Trump was working to “salvage” the 2010 health care law while in office. Read story
October 2, 2024, 7:32am Health
Twenty-eight Washington counties have dropped a lawsuit they filed last year against the Department of Social and Health Services over the state’s handling of certain patients seeking admission to its psychiatric hospitals. Read story
October 1, 2024, 6:03am Health
The popularity of weight loss drugs has soared during the past few years as new injectable medications have appeared as an effective and safe solution to obesity. Read story
September 29, 2024, 6:05am Health
Being a teen during the first part of the COVID pandemic meant experiencing many milestones — the first day of high school, birthdays, graduation — from behind a computer screen. Read story
September 26, 2024, 9:07am Health
The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month to require all calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline be routed by wireless carriers to local call centers. Read story
