March 30, 2024, 6:00am Health
When Kate Middleton announced her recent cancer diagnosis, she emphasized the time she and her husband, William, Prince of Wales, took to share the news with their three children. Read story
March 30, 2024, 5:40am Business
A recent tweak to a Medicaid formula could be behind the shake-up to inhaler products, a series of changes that have both benefited and harmed patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Read story
March 29, 2024, 5:43pm Health
Washington is the first state to ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of cookware contaminated with lead, following Gov. Jay Inslee’s approval of a bill that passed this legislative session. Read story
March 28, 2024, 1:05pm Health
The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Read story
March 28, 2024, 8:10am Health
Seattle Children’s Hospital received a $50 million donation from the William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation to further childhood cancer research and prevention, the hospital announced Thursday. Read story
March 28, 2024, 8:00am Health
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk. Read story
March 28, 2024, 7:56am Health
A bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday will limit the cost of some lifesaving medicines, according to an announcement from Rep. Dave Zpaul, D-Oak Harbor, the bill’s sponsor. Read story
March 27, 2024, 7:30am Health
As the country parsed U.S. Supreme Court justices’ questions in a case that could restrict access to abortion pills, local Planned Parenthood leaders and Democratic elected officials said Washington has a lot at stake. Read story
March 26, 2024, 11:04am Health
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. Read story
March 25, 2024, 8:44pm Health
In the bustling world of parenting, where the to-do list seems never-ending, there’s a new beacon of hope — grandparents. A study from Finland, dubbed the “happiest country in the world,” reveals the significant positive impact of grandparental support on a mother’s mental health. Read story
