September 3, 2023, 6:00am Health
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, Louisiana Republican state Sen. Beth Mizell looked for a way to address her state’s abysmal record on infant and maternal mortality, preterm births and low birth weight. Louisiana has one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, with no exceptions… Read story
September 3, 2023, 5:45am Health
Long-term exposure to one of the most prevalent types of air pollution may increase the risk of developing dementia, a debilitating neurological disease associated with memory loss and reduced cognitive function, according to a new study. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:00am Entertainment
Ibram X. Kendi, the award-winning author of the 2019 bestseller “How to Be an Antiracist,” is officially a colon cancer survivor. Read story
September 2, 2023, 6:00am Health
When the topic of abortion came up during the first Republican primary presidential debate last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shared a perplexing anecdote about a woman he’d met who he said had survived the procedure. Read story
September 1, 2023, 7:40am Business
The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. Read story
September 1, 2023, 7:20am Health
Did summer just end? Read story
August 31, 2023, 8:13pm Health
Amid a spike in Spokane drug overdoses in recent years, the Spokane Regional Health District spent Thursday afternoon distributing Narcan in a park and teaching members of the public to administer it properly. Read story
August 31, 2023, 8:35am Health
When Nicole Villagran signed up to do her first Tough Mudder course, she thought she’d be getting an entertaining, if messy, workout. Read story
August 31, 2023, 7:42am Health
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson requested that the federal government include three more cities hard hit by a rise in fentanyl overdoses to an initiative aimed at identifying and dismantling drug networks. Read story
August 30, 2023, 6:07pm Health
The Department of Health and Human Services completed its review of rescheduling cannabis and sent a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the agencies confirmed. Read story
