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Dr. Richard Moriarty, creator of Mr. Yuk, shows his Mr. Yuk money clip at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Botany Hall, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Oakland, Pa. Moriarty passed away on Thursday, Sept. 7, according to Jeffrey Fugh of the funeral home John A. Freyvogel Sons Inc., which is handling arrangements in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Richard Moriarty, who helped create ‘Mr. Yuk’ poison warning for kids, dies at 83

Dr. Richard Moriarty, creator of Mr. Yuk, shows his Mr. Yuk money clip at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Botany Hall, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Oakland, Pa. Moriarty passed away on Thursday, Sept. 7, according to Jeffrey Fugh of the funeral home John A. Freyvogel Sons Inc., which is handling arrangements in Pittsburgh.

September 8, 2023, 12:15pm Health

Dr. Richard W. Moriarty, a retired pediatrician from Pittsburgh who helped create the bright green Mr. Yuk sticker that warns kids away from poisonous substances, has died. He was 83. Read story

FILE - In this photo released by the Santa Rosa Police Department, investigators collect evidence from the home of Evan Frostick and Madison Bernard, the parents of a 15-month-old toddler found unresponsive in a bedroom in Santa Rosa, Calif., on May 9, 2022. They are part of a growing number of parents across the U.S. prosecutors have charged in the fentanyl overdose deaths of their children since the pandemic started. Prosecutors have been ramping up enforcement efforts in these cases as children increasingly become accidental victims of an escalating opioid crisis.

As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder

FILE - In this photo released by the Santa Rosa Police Department, investigators collect evidence from the home of Evan Frostick and Madison Bernard, the parents of a 15-month-old toddler found unresponsive in a bedroom in Santa Rosa, Calif., on May 9, 2022. They are part of a growing number of parents across the U.S. prosecutors have charged in the fentanyl overdose deaths of their children since the pandemic started. Prosecutors have been ramping up enforcement efforts in these cases as children increasingly become accidental victims of an escalating opioid crisis.

September 8, 2023, 10:39am Health

Madison Bernard climbed into bed before dawn with her toddler, Charlotte, who was asleep next to a nightstand strewn with straws, burned tinfoil and a white powder. Read story

FILE - This illustration provided by AstraZeneca depicts packaging for their medication Beyfortus. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, a panel of outside advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that babies get the drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.

RSV season may have already begun, CDC warns, with early activity in the Southeast

FILE - This illustration provided by AstraZeneca depicts packaging for their medication Beyfortus. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, a panel of outside advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that babies get the drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year.

September 6, 2023, 10:18am Health

An increase in the Southeast of respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, may be an early sign of the start of the respiratory virus season. Read story

Photos of young overdose victims on display at an overdose awareness event in Rockville, Md., in August. Accidental overdose has become a primary cause of deaths for people under 40.

Accidental overdose deaths soar for Americans under 40

Photos of young overdose victims on display at an overdose awareness event in Rockville, Md., in August. Accidental overdose has become a primary cause of deaths for people under 40.

September 5, 2023, 5:38pm Health Free

A new Stateline analysis shows that U.S. residents under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths. Read story

FILE - Bret Harte Retirement Inn residents make their way down to the dining room for lunch, May 6, 2020, in Grass Valley, Calif. The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID deaths.

How new federal staffing requirements affect Washington nursing homes

FILE - Bret Harte Retirement Inn residents make their way down to the dining room for lunch, May 6, 2020, in Grass Valley, Calif. The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID deaths.

September 5, 2023, 9:58am Health

Nursing homes across the U.S. will have minimum staffing level requirements as part of a proposed federal order by the Biden administration to address conditions at the long-term facilities that were ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Washington should make insulin more widely available at cheaper prices and offer a free 30-day supply at least once a year for people who are short on the drug and can’t afford it, according to a workgroup assigned to chart a course to increase insulin access and affordability.

A road map for lowering insulin costs in Washington

Washington should make insulin more widely available at cheaper prices and offer a free 30-day supply at least once a year for people who are short on the drug and can’t afford it, according to a workgroup assigned to chart a course to increase insulin access and affordability.

September 4, 2023, 4:29pm Health Free

Washington should make insulin more widely available at cheaper prices and offer a free 30-day supply at least once a year for people who are short on the drug and can’t afford it. Read story

Glassine pouches of confirmed fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on Oct. 8, 2019, in New York.

Visualizing fentanyl’s swift, dangerous effects on the brain and body

Glassine pouches of confirmed fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on Oct. 8, 2019, in New York.

September 4, 2023, 10:26am Health

Fentanyl’s effects are fast and dangerous. Read story

Doses of naloxone are typically stored at the nurses' station in schools around the district and every security officer carries at least one dose on their person.

Washington schools see use of overdose medication rise

Doses of naloxone are typically stored at the nurses' station in schools around the district and every security officer carries at least one dose on their person.

September 4, 2023, 10:03am Health

The number of doses of opioid reversal medication administered in Washington public schools has increased from two to 42 in the past three years, according to new data that mirrors the state’s growing problem with drug overdoses. Read story

Investigators searching a Marysville man???s home found that fentanyl residue had spread through the home, and a hazmat team had to be brought in. A field test on powder found in a red Solo cup was positive for fentanyl.

Fentanyl gets into Washington state in ‘any manner you can think of’

Investigators searching a Marysville man???s home found that fentanyl residue had spread through the home, and a hazmat team had to be brought in. A field test on powder found in a red Solo cup was positive for fentanyl.

September 3, 2023, 6:05am Health

Through vehicles on Interstate 5, through packages disguised as merchandise from abroad, or through smugglers traveling north, fentanyl has poured into the Puget Sound area. Read story

President Joe Biden greets people after speaking during an event on prescription drug costs, in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Washington.

A move to cut drug prices has patients with rare diseases worried

President Joe Biden greets people after speaking during an event on prescription drug costs, in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Washington.

September 3, 2023, 6:00am Health

For people with cystic fibrosis, like Sabrina Walker, Trikafta has been a life-changer. Read story