October 7, 2023, 6:00am Health
With a deep breath, the prosecutor rose from his chair and turned to face the jurors, first thanking them for their time and their service. It was the least he could do before asking them to join him in pursuing a verdict unlike any the county had tried. Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:00am Health
The way Sheldon Haleck’s parents see it, the 38-year-old’s only crime was jaywalking. But that March night in 2015, after Honolulu police found him behaving erratically, they pepper-sprayed him, shocked him with a Taser, and restrained him. Haleck became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital. Before his parents could… Read story
October 7, 2023, 6:00am Health
Arthur Schnurpel’s daughter heard it in his voice. Not his usual soft-spoken tenor, but something different — inconsolable. Read story
October 6, 2023, 7:35am Business
A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages headed into its final day on Friday without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week. Read story
October 5, 2023, 7:43am Health Free
The state is planning to admit patients before the end of the month at a recently acquired psychiatric hospital in Tukwila, in spite of a union lawsuit seeking to stall the facility’s sale. Read story
October 4, 2023, 1:10pm Business
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers took to picket lines in multiple states Wednesday, starting a massive strike that the company warned could cause delays at its hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. Read story
October 4, 2023, 7:38am Health Free
When the wildfire smoke arrives, Harry Whitman has nowhere to go. Read story
October 3, 2023, 1:51pm Health
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax. Read story
October 3, 2023, 8:12am Health
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate, clearing the way for talks that could lower their costs in coming years and give him a potential political win heading into next year’s… Read story
October 2, 2023, 1:15pm Health
U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases. Read story
