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
April 28, 2024, 6:03am Health
The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so. Read story
April 28, 2024, 6:00am Business
Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. He spent a decade tracking calories on WeightWatchers, but the pounds he dropped always crept back onto his 5-foot-5-inch frame. Read story
April 28, 2024, 6:00am Health
Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Read story
April 28, 2024, 6:00am Health
For decades, the abortion wars have centered on whether a woman should be able to decide when and if she has a child. But with increasingly strict restrictions on reproductive rights being enacted across the United States, these debates are charting new, unfamiliar territory — medical care for women who… Read story
April 28, 2024, 5:11am Health
Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing with anxiety and her other health issues. Read story
April 27, 2024, 6:03am Clark County Health
About four years ago, Vancouver resident Magnus Kofoed was unsure of the next step in his professional career. Now, Kofoed is just two weeks away from graduating from the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Concordia University St. Paul in Portland, which partners with local hospitals, including PeaceHealth… Read story
