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A new emergency room building at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver will open to patients July 16.

PeaceHealth Southwest’s new emergency department will feature Community Health Hub

A new emergency room building at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver will open to patients July 16.

June 28, 2024, 2:56pm Business

The first phase of a redesigned emergency department at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver will open to patients July 16. Read story

People enjoy their lunch while eating in the back patio at Citizen Public Market, Culver City&rsquo;s newest food hall, on Nov. 19, 2021.
People walk past the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Washington.

The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

People walk past the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Washington.

June 27, 2024, 7:39am Business

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic. Read story

Aynsley, from left, and his wife, Nicci, watch 15-month-old Everett play with a race car set at the Silva residence in Vancouver. The Silvas received an emergency room hospital bill with a $4,178 charge they were not expecting from PeaceHealth while Nicci Silva was pregnant.

Surprise – it’s $4,178 more: Couple struggle with unexpected hospital bill, hope for more transparency from systems

Aynsley, from left, and his wife, Nicci, watch 15-month-old Everett play with a race car set at the Silva residence in Vancouver. The Silvas received an emergency room hospital bill with a $4,178 charge they were not expecting from PeaceHealth while Nicci Silva was pregnant.

June 27, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Health

Nicci Silva was five months pregnant when she began having heart palpitations on a late October night in 2022. She and her husband, Aynsley, didn’t think twice before visiting the nearest urgent care clinic. Read story

U.S. health officials strengthen endorsement of RSV shots for oldest Americans

June 26, 2024, 5:25pm Health

U.S. health officials on Wednesday made a stronger endorsement for RSV vaccinations for people 75 and older, but offered a narrower recommendation for people 60 to 74. Read story

FILE - A Care Home Delivery Technician gets his blood pressure checked at Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Racial and ethnic inequities in health care are found in every state in the U.S. despite some progress over the past two decades, according to a new national report released Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Rebecca J.

Health care needs to diversify its workforce to get rid of racial inequalities, a new report says

FILE - A Care Home Delivery Technician gets his blood pressure checked at Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Racial and ethnic inequities in health care are found in every state in the U.S. despite some progress over the past two decades, according to a new national report released Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Rebecca J.

June 26, 2024, 8:33am Health

Racial and ethnic inequitiesin health care are found in every state in the U.S. despite the passage of legislation intended to improve health outcomes for minorities and increased awareness of health care disparities over the past two decades, according to a new national report released Wednesday. Read story

Victims are emotional during a news conference with survivors of abused and neglected youth at residential treatment facilities (RTFs) and advocates, on the need for Congress to act to protect children and reform RTFs, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

States fail to track abuses in foster care facilities housing thousands of children, US says

Victims are emotional during a news conference with survivors of abused and neglected youth at residential treatment facilities (RTFs) and advocates, on the need for Congress to act to protect children and reform RTFs, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

June 26, 2024, 8:32am Health

 Many states are failing to track how frequently children in foster care facilities are abused, sexually assaulted or improperly restrained, leaving them vulnerable to mistreatment, the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in a report Wednesday. Read story

FILE - Bimbo bread is displayed on a shelf at a market in Anaheim, Calif., on April 24, 2003. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, U.S. federal food safety regulators warned Bimbo Bakeries USA - which includes brands such as Sara Lee, Oroweat, Thomas&rsquo;, Entenmann&rsquo;s and Ball Park buns and rolls - to stop using labels that say its products contain potentially dangerous allergens when they don&rsquo;t.

FDA warns maker of Sara Lee and Entenmann’s not to claim foods contain allergens when they don’t

FILE - Bimbo bread is displayed on a shelf at a market in Anaheim, Calif., on April 24, 2003. On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, U.S. federal food safety regulators warned Bimbo Bakeries USA - which includes brands such as Sara Lee, Oroweat, Thomas&rsquo;, Entenmann&rsquo;s and Ball Park buns and rolls - to stop using labels that say its products contain potentially dangerous allergens when they don&rsquo;t.

June 26, 2024, 7:49am Business

Federal food safety regulators said Tuesday that they have warned a top U.S. bakery to stop using labels that say its products contain potentially dangerous allergens when they don’t. Read story