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NorthStar ready to be new tool in opioid fight in Clark County

May 31, 2023, 6:08am Clark County Health

Michael Graves peels open a large, black safe, revealing something resembling a milk jug. Read story

Washington AG sues PFAS manufacturers, seeks money for cleanup of drinking water

May 31, 2023, 7:48am Health

The state attorney general’s office has filed a lawsuit against nearly two dozen manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals,” asserting the companies knew about their risks to the environment and humans… Read story

Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie opened on May 18, 2017.

Daybreak Youth Services, state agency file complaints against each other

Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie opened on May 18, 2017.

May 31, 2023, 7:00pm Clark County Health

Both the Washington Department of Health and Daybreak Youth Services filed complaints against the other Wednesday over the department’s suspension of the facility’s licenses. Read story

FILE - Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday, May 30  overturned a lower court's 2021 ruling that found bankruptcy courts did not have the authority to protect members of the Sackler family who own the company and who have not filed for bankruptcy protection from lawsuits.

Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits

FILE - Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday, May 30  overturned a lower court's 2021 ruling that found bankruptcy courts did not have the authority to protect members of the Sackler family who own the company and who have not filed for bankruptcy protection from lawsuits.

May 30, 2023, 3:57pm Health

A federal court ruling cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s settlement of thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids. Read story

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. The Carter family shared news that Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center announced Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. The Carter family shared news that Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center announced Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

May 30, 2023, 3:52pm Health

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Read story

FILE - A worker arranges food onto plates in the kitchen of a restaurant in New York on Dec. 14, 2021. Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says

FILE - A worker arranges food onto plates in the kitchen of a restaurant in New York on Dec. 14, 2021. Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

May 30, 2023, 10:37am Health

Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday. Read story

Confronting Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Awareness

Each year, more than 200,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer, including thousands of women in Washington. In honor of their fight — and as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — The Columbian published this collection of stories about the women who have received breast cancer diagnoses, the science and technological advances for treating them and the community that supports them.

In this image made from video provided by KCTV, Ralph Yarl, center, wearing a bright green "Team Ralph" shirt, participates in a walk in an event called "Going the Distance for Brain Injury" at Loose Park in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, May 29, 2023. Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm in April after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell, walked at the brain injury awareness event Monday in his first major public appearance since the shooting.

Teenager walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head for knocking on wrong door

In this image made from video provided by KCTV, Ralph Yarl, center, wearing a bright green "Team Ralph" shirt, participates in a walk in an event called "Going the Distance for Brain Injury" at Loose Park in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, May 29, 2023. Yarl, a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm in April after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell, walked at the brain injury awareness event Monday in his first major public appearance since the shooting.

May 30, 2023, 8:13am Health

Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at a brain injury awareness event in his first major public appearance since the shooting. Read story

New study investigates why some parts of Seattle have high asthma rates

May 30, 2023, 7:28am Health

Dozens of air filters are set to arrive in some South Seattle homes later this year as part of a new study that will explore ways to reduce health and environmental disparities, particularly among children with asthma, in historically more polluted parts of the city. Read story

5 ways to get a better night’s sleep

May 30, 2023, 6:02am Health

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As I get older, I find I have increasing issues with sleep. I struggle to fall asleep and then stay asleep. I wake up during the night and get discouraged when I see the clock. By the time I get back to sleep, my alarm is set… Read story

You may still be eligible to opt out of WA Cares payroll tax

May 29, 2023, 6:16pm Health

Hundreds of thousands of people may be eligible to avoid a payroll deduction for Washington’s fledging long-term care insurance program, according to the state Employment Security Department. Read story