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Healthy Men: No, men aren’t getting what they deserve

February 18, 2024, 6:01am Health

Dear Healthy Men: I’ve read some of your columns and you spend a huge amount of time griping about how when it comes to health, men and boys are worse off than women and girls. Not true. Everyone knows that women’s health has been ignored for decades. And it’s clear… Read story

FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

February 18, 2024, 6:00am Health

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the chemical in hair-straightening products. Read story

Cities know that the way police respond to mental crisis calls must change. But how?

February 17, 2024, 6:52am Health

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Read story

Rokea Jones, who is a doula and community engagement specialist with Open Arms Perinatal Services, sits Tuesday in the organization’s offices at El Centro de la Raza in Seattle. Washington is a hotspot for birth workers, while state and corporate policies are starting to reflect that.

More Washington companies offer doula services in health benefits

February 17, 2024, 6:03am Business Free

For a small but increasing number of Washingtonians – including, possibly, people covered by Medicaid – doulas at birth could be covered by their medical insurance. Doula support has become increasingly recognized as a way to improve birth outcomes and equity in pregnancy care. But advocates say universal access remains… Read story

Here’s good news for those insured by Regence who feared losing MultiCare as in-network

February 16, 2024, 9:39am Health

A standoff between Tacoma’s MultiCare health system and Regence BlueShield is over. Read story

Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn

February 14, 2024, 9:58am Health

Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches. Read story

Health Wire

Healthy Men: No, men aren’t getting what they deserve

FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

Cities know that the way police respond to mental crisis calls must change. But how?

More Washington companies offer doula services in health benefits

Here’s good news for those insured by Regence who feared losing MultiCare as in-network

More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, U.S. study finds

Lyme disease case counts in the U.S. rose by almost 70% in 2022 due to a change in how it’s reported

Cyberattacks on hospitals are likely to increase, putting lives at risk, experts warn

Oregon case prompts queries about bubonic plague

UW program tries unique approach to help older adults with depression