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FILE - Adriana Kugler of Maryland, speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 21, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Top Federal Reserve official defends central bank’s independence in wake of Trump win

FILE - Adriana Kugler of Maryland, speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing to examine her nomination to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 21, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

November 14, 2024, 9:33am Business

A Federal Reserve official gave a lengthy defense of the central bank’s political independence Thursday, just days after former President Donald Trump, an outspoken Fed critic, won re-election. Read story

Suicides in the US military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend

November 14, 2024, 9:30am Health

Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend that the Pentagon has struggled to abate, senior defense officials said. The increase is a bit of a setback after the deaths dipped slightly the previous year. Read story

Police respond to a shooting at Vancouver Mall on Halloween night. One man was killed and two others were wounded.

Children’s Center experts offer advice for helping kids deal with trauma, like Halloween shooting at Vancouver Mall

Police respond to a shooting at Vancouver Mall on Halloween night. One man was killed and two others were wounded.

November 14, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health

A traumatic event can occur in just seconds, but the effects can last far longer. Read story

E. coli cases climb to 104 in McDonald’s outbreak tied to slivered onions

November 13, 2024, 2:02pm Health

At least 104 people have been sickened, with 34 hospitalized, in an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, federal health officials said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa.

Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election

FILE - Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa.

November 13, 2024, 1:18pm Health

Hours after Donald Trump was elected president for the second time, Dr. Clayton Alfonso had two messages from patients seeking to replace their IUDs. Over the next few days, three women inquired about getting their tubes tied. Read story

An empty bottle of tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

Clark County has 406 cases of whooping cough — the highest number in Washington

An empty bottle of tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

November 12, 2024, 4:33pm Clark County Health

Clark County is experiencing an alarming spike in whooping cough and chickenpox cases among children — outbreaks that health officials say could’ve been prevented. Read story

In this image taken from a video provided by Idaho Fourth District Court, Rebecca Vincen-Brown, lower right, tears up as she testifies in court about her abortion, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

In this image taken from a video provided by Idaho Fourth District Court, Rebecca Vincen-Brown, lower right, tears up as she testifies in court about her abortion, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Boise, Idaho.

November 12, 2024, 4:17pm Health

Four women suing over Idaho's strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy… Read story

Absci is based in east Vancouver.

Vancouver-based Absci marks major milestone in partnership with AstraZeneca on artificial intelligence-generated antibody

Absci is based in east Vancouver.

November 12, 2024, 3:26pm Clark County Health

On the heels of releasing its latest financial statement, Vancouver-based biotechnology company Absci announced it has met its first milestone in its collaboration with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Read story