September 26, 2023, 7:47am Health Free
Starting Monday, Washingtonians can once again order free at-home COVID-19 tests to be delivered straight to their homes. Read story
September 23, 2023, 6:14am Clark County Health Updated 11 hours ago
Chris Muntean, 70, feels lucky he had a heart attack. Read story
September 26, 2023, 3:27pm Health
Andrea Thomas had never heard of fentanyl when her daughter died after taking half of a pill she thought was prescription medication. Five years later, she's among hundreds of thousands of families who have lost a loved one as the U.S. undergoes the deadliest overdose crisis in its history. Read story
September 26, 2023, 2:00pm Health Free
Washington’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program wants to hire 49 more employees to deal with steadily rising demand that has some people waiting over a month to receive benefits. Read story
September 26, 2023, 12:45pm Health
The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid,” the head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality said Tuesday. Read story
September 26, 2023, 7:57am Health
Two people, in addition to two horses, have been recently sickened with West Nile virus in Eastern Washington. Read story
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.
September 26, 2023, 6:00am Health
Mental illness is an extremely common and important issue among teenagers. Although sports and physical activity have tremendous mental health benefits, young athletes are not exempt from the ongoing mental health crisis. Read story
September 26, 2023, 5:55am Health
A fever, when the body’s temperature is above 100.4 degrees, is typically a sign that your body is fighting off an infection. The uncomfortable condition signals that your immune system is hard at work. Read story
September 25, 2023, 9:08am Health
For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. Read story
September 25, 2023, 9:06am Business
The Food and Drug Administration meets this week to consider approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease, the culmination of a yearslong lobbying effort by patients with the fatal neurodegenerative disease. Read story