January 29, 2025, 11:21am Health
Three cities in Southwest Washington have joined the list of communities nationally that have revisited the issue of adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water. Read story
January 29, 2025, 8:35am Health
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans. But a new poll finds that not all of his controversial health goals are unpopular — in fact, at least one has broad support among Democrats and Republicans. Read story
January 28, 2025, 5:00pm Health
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country. Read story
January 28, 2025, 2:05pm Health
Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary Read story
January 28, 2025, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
A Vancouver elementary school student is one of 20 K-12 students nationwide selected as an American Heart Association youth ambassador for the 2024-25 school year. Read story
January 28, 2025, 6:03am Health
Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys. Read story
January 28, 2025, 6:03am Health
The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely at numbers and details on contracts, applications and budgets. Read story
January 27, 2025, 8:17am Health
Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots. Read story
January 27, 2025, 8:14am Health
Allison Burk’s teenage daughter struggled with uncontrolled emotions, a shrinking attention span and a growing tendency to procrastinate. A family doctor suggested ADHD testing, which led to an unexpected discovery: The teen had ADHD, and Burk did too. Read story
January 27, 2025, 8:08am Health Wire
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his talk of banning corn syrup and pesticides from America’s food supply. Read story