January 31, 2024, 11:44am Health
Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in a long-awaited study about the North Carolina base's contaminated drinking water. Read story
January 31, 2024, 10:50am Health
Sexual predators. Addictive features. Self-harm and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them. Read story
January 31, 2024, 7:39am Health
The first known outbreak of a particular deadly fungus has hit Washington state, King County public health officials confirmed Tuesday. Read story
January 30, 2024, 6:12pm Health
The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn’t abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9 percent in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases in adults. Read story
January 30, 2024, 8:15am Health
Chinese and American officials held the first meeting of a working group that aims to curb the flow of illegal drugs like fentanyl to the U.S. and the chemicals used to make them. Read story
January 30, 2024, 7:41am Health Free
Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday asked state health and social services officials to update him on the opioid and overdose epidemic in Washington. Read story
January 29, 2024, 5:23pm Business
The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines said Monday it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators that could cost the manufacturer nearly $400 million. Read story
January 29, 2024, 9:15am Health
Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor’s appointments for more than a decade. She moved away a while ago but keeps returning — even if it means a two-hour roundtrip bus ride. Read story
January 28, 2024, 6:00am Health
Fifteen years ago, professional caregivers in Washington were paid 10% more than what was considered a self-sufficient wage at the time. Today, those same professionals are paid 21% below a self-sufficient wage, according to data from the Community Residential Services Association. Read story
January 27, 2024, 6:05am Health
This spring, 80 doctors will graduate from Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine in Spokane, the medical school’s fourth class since it opened in 2017. Pierce Claassen, a fourth-year medical student, will be among them. Claassen has spent most of his life in Eastern Washington, growing up… Read story
