April 30, 2024, 6:00am Health
Allergy season can bring misery to tens of millions of Americans each year. Read story
April 30, 2024, 5:58am Health
As traditions go, spring cleaning probably doesn’t bring the thrills that come from watching a college basketball tournament, taking a break at the beach or spying the first robins outside your window. But no matter how you approach it, cleaning might affect your health in ways you haven’t considered. We… Read story
April 30, 2024, 5:55am Health
From your 30s to well into your 60s, a new study proposes that working a mentally challenging job can pay off in more ways than one. It can even help maintain your cognitive health while preventing dementia later in life. Read story
April 29, 2024, 8:34pm Business Updated 23 hours ago
A Vancouver nonprofit has taken over operations of the former Kasper Recovery Housing site in Hazel Dell, rebranding it as Project Safe Haven. Read story
April 29, 2024, 4:55pm Health
Medical device maker Philips said Monday it will pay $1.1 billion to settle hundreds of personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines, which have been subject to a massive global recall. Read story
April 29, 2024, 10:50am Business
Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry. Read story
April 29, 2024, 8:48am Health
Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles, federal health officials said. Read story
April 28, 2024, 3:35pm Business
President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. Read story
