May 22, 2024, 8:54am Health
Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades. Read story
May 21, 2024, 6:01am Health
All women should begin breast cancer screening at the age of 40, says the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. In a new recommendation, the task force advises cisgender women and all other people assigned female at birth aged 40 to 74 years get screened every other year. Read story
May 20, 2024, 4:21pm Health
People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change. Read story
May 20, 2024, 8:42am Health
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently. Read story
May 20, 2024, 6:05am Health
The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. Read story
May 19, 2024, 6:05am Health
Kori Thompson had long wrestled with the idea of having a child. Read story
May 19, 2024, 6:03am Health
More than 74,000 people on Whidbey Island could face long-term health impacts from the U.S. Navy jet noise that’s blasted over residents several days a week for over a decade, new research shows. Read story
May 19, 2024, 6:00am Health
James Lemons, 39, wants the bullet removed from his thigh so he can go back to work. Read story
May 18, 2024, 6:00am Health
Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn’t stay in Arizona. Read story
May 18, 2024, 5:59am Health
Bill Thompson’s wife had never seen him smile with confidence. For the first 20 years of their relationship, an infection in his mouth robbed him of teeth, one by one. Read story
