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The city of Seattle saw more than 100,000 new residents between 2010 and 2020, according to the most recent Census numbers.

Seattle still the nation’s saddest large metro area, survey shows

The city of Seattle saw more than 100,000 new residents between 2010 and 2020, according to the most recent Census numbers.

February 27, 2023, 7:35am Business

Seattle is still the nation’s saddest large metro area. At least during our gloomy winter months. Read story

FILE - This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of abortion pills at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 loosened some restrictions on the pill mifepristone, allowing it to be dispensed by more pharmacies.

Washington leads states suing FDA in push for better medication abortion access

FILE - This Sept. 22, 2010 file photo shows bottles of abortion pills at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 loosened some restrictions on the pill mifepristone, allowing it to be dispensed by more pharmacies.

February 27, 2023, 7:34am Health

Washington’s attorney general is leading a 12-state lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, accusing it Friday of unnecessarily complicating access to a common abortion pill. Read story

Jimmy Dee Stout had served about half of his 15-year sentence for a drug conviction when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year. He learned about compassionate release from another prisoner, and was released last October with help from Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Stout now lives with his brother in Round Rock, Texas.

A law was meant to free sick or aging inmates. Instead, some are left to die in prison

Jimmy Dee Stout had served about half of his 15-year sentence for a drug conviction when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year. He learned about compassionate release from another prisoner, and was released last October with help from Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Stout now lives with his brother in Round Rock, Texas.

February 27, 2023, 6:05am Health

Jimmy Dee Stout was serving time on drug charges when he got grim news early last year. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. It seems like no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits, including Biden, who is already telling voters that his upcoming federal budget proposal will "defend and strengthen" the programs.

Why do politicians weaponize Medicare? Because it works

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. It seems like no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits, including Biden, who is already telling voters that his upcoming federal budget proposal will "defend and strengthen" the programs.

February 26, 2023, 1:50pm Health

The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington is surprised. Read story

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Senators say health worker shortages ripe for bipartisan compromise

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, DC.

February 26, 2023, 6:05am Business

Senators are eying the growing shortage of health care workers in the United States as one of the few problems where there is room for bipartisan solutions, even in a deeply divided Congress gearing up for a presidential election cycle. Read story

Texas town tries a new model for saving rural health care

February 26, 2023, 6:02am Health

After sitting empty and exposed to thieves and vandals for more than two years, the one-story hospital that served Bowie for more than five decades is close to making a comeback — of sorts. Read story

FDA authorizes combination flu-COVID test for home use

February 24, 2023, 7:08pm Health

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first combination test for flu and C OVID-19 that can be used at home, giving consumers an easy way to determine if a runny nose is caused by either disease. Read story

FILE - OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 19, 2013. The Biden administration is moving to require patients to see a doctor in person before getting drugs to treat attention deficit disorders or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the medications against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.

Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs

FILE - OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt., Feb. 19, 2013. The Biden administration is moving to require patients to see a doctor in person before getting drugs to treat attention deficit disorders or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the medications against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.

February 24, 2023, 5:44pm Health

The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis. Read story

FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago.  Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 pledged a reset in the agency's tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of direction has hampered federal efforts to regulate cigarettes, vaping devices and other industry products.(AP Photo/Nam Y.

FDA’s tobacco unit pledges reset after criticism

FILE - In this April 23, 2014 file photo, a man smokes an electronic cigarette in Chicago.  Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 pledged a reset in the agency's tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of direction has hampered federal efforts to regulate cigarettes, vaping devices and other industry products.(AP Photo/Nam Y.

February 24, 2023, 11:20am Health

Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday pledged a reset in the agency’s tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of direction has hampered efforts to regulate cigarettes, vaping devices and related products. Read story

People gather in front of the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse to protest a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas.

White House braces for ruling on abortion pill’s fate

People gather in front of the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse to protest a lawsuit to ban the abortion drug mifepristone Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, in Amarillo, Texas.

February 24, 2023, 11:02am Health

The Biden administration is preparing for a worst-case scenario if a conservative federal judge rules in favor of a lawsuit seeking to restrict access to one of the two drugs typically used to induce a medicated abortion. Read story