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Blue Monday concept.

Keep the winter blues at bay: Bolstering those anti-gloom defenses in Pacific Northwest’s SAD season

Blue Monday concept.

November 18, 2023, 6:13am Clark County Health

Kim Schneiderman knows just what to do when seasonal gloom closes in on her. Read story

States lose track of thousands of foster children each year

November 18, 2023, 6:09am Health

Sharday Hamilton, a 28-year-old advocate for foster youth, homeless youth and runaways, still bears her own scars from running. Read story

In crowded field of psychedelic startups, Filament CEO makes case for ‘natural’ drugs

November 18, 2023, 5:29am Business

A recent boom in psychedelic research has given way to a bumper crop of startups seeking to harness the potential of mind-altering drugs for treating depression, addiction and other conditions. Read story

FILE - A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans&rsquo; Community Resource Center in Lynwood, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. On Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country. (AP Photo/Mark J.

The flu is soaring in seven US states and rising in others, health officials say

FILE - A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans&rsquo; Community Resource Center in Lynwood, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. On Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country. (AP Photo/Mark J.

November 17, 2023, 3:24pm Health

The U.S. flu season is underway, with at least seven states reporting high levels of illnesses and cases rising in other parts of the country, health officials say. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris and first lady Jill Biden listen as President Joe Biden speaks at welcome reception for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative leaders at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023.

Jill Biden will lead new initiative to boost federal government research into women’s health

Vice President Kamala Harris and first lady Jill Biden listen as President Joe Biden speaks at welcome reception for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative leaders at the Exploratorium, in San Francisco, Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023.

November 16, 2023, 10:43am Health

The Biden administration on Monday announced a White House initiative to improve how the federal government approaches and funds research into the health of women, who make up more than half of the U.S. population but remain understudied and underrepresented in health research. Read story

FILE - This microscope photo provided on Oct. 25, 2023, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows crescent-shaped red blood cells from a sickle cell disease patient in 1972. Britain&rsquo;s medicines regulator has authorized the world&rsquo;s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020.   (Dr. F.

The world’s first gene therapy for sickle cell and thalassemia has been approved

FILE - This microscope photo provided on Oct. 25, 2023, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows crescent-shaped red blood cells from a sickle cell disease patient in 1972. Britain&rsquo;s medicines regulator has authorized the world&rsquo;s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020.   (Dr. F.

November 16, 2023, 8:12am Health

Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. Read story

Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

November 16, 2023, 8:09am Health

Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday. Read story

Lifeguard Kendall Lotka demonstrates how to wear a WAVE Drowning Detection headset while swimming Tuesday at the Marshall Pool. The city of Vancouver is testing the new technology over the next month to aid lifeguards in keeping pools safe.

‘Nobody is exempt from drowning’ but new tech being tested at Marshall Pool in Vancouver could prevent tragedy

Lifeguard Kendall Lotka demonstrates how to wear a WAVE Drowning Detection headset while swimming Tuesday at the Marshall Pool. The city of Vancouver is testing the new technology over the next month to aid lifeguards in keeping pools safe.

November 16, 2023, 6:07am Clark County Health

It’s always exciting to be on the cutting edge of technology, but one new device on display in Vancouver is really making waves. Read story