August 12, 2023, 6:00am Health
Santino Iamunno was born without most of his right hand, and the 11-year-old tends to keep that hand in his pocket when around new people, just to avoid the questions. Read story
August 12, 2023, 6:00am Health
Mindy Scheier was working in fashion before her son, Oliver, was born with muscular dystrophy. As he grew, and she watched him struggle to get dressed, her eyes were opened to her industry’s limitations for people with disabilities. Read story
August 12, 2023, 5:42am Health
Those ads showing caged dogs and desperate looking cats while Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” played in the background have been not just effective at making viewers sad, but also remarkably successful at raising money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals since 2007. Read story
August 11, 2023, 1:40pm Business
Vancouver’s resident AI-powered drug generation company Absci announced Thursday that it’s formed a partnership with the California Institute of Technology to discover affordable HIV therapeutic vaccinations. Read story
August 11, 2023, 7:40am Health
Two mosquito samples taken in Grant County have tested positive for West Nile virus, according to a statement from Grant County Mosquito Control District No. 1. Read story
August 10, 2023, 11:31am Health
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. Read story
August 10, 2023, 7:53am Health
A new coronavirus subvariant, nicknamed Eris, has rapidly risen to prominence nationwide and is now thought to account for more U.S. cases than any of its counterparts at a time when transmission has been creeping upward. Read story
August 10, 2023, 7:40am Health
Some signs of a late-summer COVID-19 wave are beginning to emerge in Washington after months of low transmission levels. But researchers and public health officials aren’t too worried yet. Read story
August 9, 2023, 6:04am Health
Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. Read story
August 8, 2023, 8:20am Health
Days before a state agency began researching whether transgender medical care for Floridians should be covered by Medicaid, officials started lining up experts known for going against the scientific mainstream. Read story
