September 7, 2021, 6:00am Health
Adding a fistful of walnuts to your daily diet — no matter what else you eat — could lower bad cholesterol levels and reduce heart risks in otherwise healthy older adults, a new study suggests. Read story
September 6, 2021, 8:36am Health
Amid ongoing debate over vaccine mandates, legal challenges and booster shots, a new dashboard maintained by King County confirms vaccinated residents are significantly better protected from illness, hospitalization and death compared with their unvaccinated counterparts, even as the delta variant surges through the state. Read story
September 6, 2021, 8:33am Health
SPOKANE — Ashlee George is on her second pandemic pregnancy, but this time she’s feeling safer. Read story
September 6, 2021, 6:30am Health Free
As pandemic dates go, Sandy Nguyen and Michael Chu’s late August trip to the Renton Public Library was a classic. Nguyen and Chu weren’t there for a romantic read over the Cedar River. They wanted shots of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19, on offer at a pop-up vaccination… Read story
September 5, 2021, 6:00am Health
Methadone has long been a gold-standard treatment for opioid addiction. But government regulations mean many patients have to organize their lives around getting and taking it, no matter how well they are doing, a new study has found. Read story
September 5, 2021, 5:00am Business
A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, snake-oil remedies and conspiracy theories remain near the top of Amazon.com search results for terms related to the disease, despite steps the company has taken to try to direct shoppers to legitimate health information. Read story
September 3, 2021, 2:32pm Health
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps. Read story
September 3, 2021, 1:21pm Health
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's plans to start delivery of booster shots by Sept. 20 for most Americans who received the COVID-19 vaccines are facing new complications that could delay the availability of third doses for those who received the Moderna vaccine, administration officials said Friday. Read story
September 3, 2021, 8:36am Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing many U.S. hospitals to pay top dollar to get the help they need to handle the crush of patients this summer. Read story
September 3, 2021, 7:42am Health Free
While hospital systems remain stressed by the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases driven by the delta variant and unvaccinated people, health officials announced at a Thursday press briefing that state data indicates case rates could plateau — for now. Read story
