July 31, 2023, 8:24am Health
Forget “repeal and replace,” an oft-repeated Republican rallying cry against the Affordable Care Act. Read story
July 31, 2023, 7:49am Health
About 230,000 residents have lost access to their Medicaid, or Apple Health, coverage since Washington’s renewal process for the health insurance plan began this spring, according to new state and national data. Read story
July 31, 2023, 6:02am Health
Summer has brought an uptick in coronavirus transmission, but experts say it is still too early to tell whether the upswing represents a significant public health concern. Read story
July 31, 2023, 6:00am Health Free
Washington’s three-year-supply of mifepristone isn’t going anywhere — at least until dueling court cases on access to the widely-used abortion pill are decided. Read story
July 30, 2023, 6:02am Health
If 2022 was the year of free COVID-19 test kits for many California seniors, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of fraudulent COVID-19 test kits. Read story
July 30, 2023, 6:00am Health
As they struggle to reduce drug overdose deaths, policymakers across the United States are embroiled in a heated debate over creating and increasing criminal penalties related to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that’s up to 100 times more potent than morphine. Read story
July 30, 2023, 5:45am Health
There was a time, not long ago, when doctors had national protocols for using a leading opioid treatment drug. Read story
July 29, 2023, 6:00am Health
In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research laboratories quickly mobilized to review historical specimens and found the fungus had been present in the country since at least 2013. Read story
July 29, 2023, 6:00am Health
The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline marked its one-year milestone this month. Mental health experts say the three-digit number made help more accessible than before. Read story
July 27, 2023, 8:10am Health
President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, aiming to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes for patients. Read story
