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End of internet subsidies for low-income households threatens telehealth access

April 14, 2024, 6:00am Health

For Cindy Westman, $30 buys a week’s worth of gas to drive to medical appointments and run errands. Read story

University of Washington School of Medicine graduate Lili Szabo recently matched to a Spokane internal medicine residency with Providence Sacred Heart, and she hopes to remain in Spokane. She did her UW studies in Spokane.

Recent Spokane UW med school grads share hopes of healing as residencies come into focus

University of Washington School of Medicine graduate Lili Szabo recently matched to a Spokane internal medicine residency with Providence Sacred Heart, and she hopes to remain in Spokane. She did her UW studies in Spokane.

April 14, 2024, 6:00am Health

Caitlin Quaempts, a new University of Washington-Spokane medical school graduate, will begin a family medicine residency this June for a path she hopes returns her to the Yakama Nation. Read story

The Night Loo is Vancouver resident Anna Meddaugh&rsquo;s solution for women and girls in refugee camps to relieve themselves without fear of assault. After use, women and girls toss in a super-absorbent pod, which absorbs urine and odor in a minute. The next day, the powdery contents can be poured out.

Vancouver woman designs award-winning Night Loo for women in refugee camps

The Night Loo is Vancouver resident Anna Meddaugh&rsquo;s solution for women and girls in refugee camps to relieve themselves without fear of assault. After use, women and girls toss in a super-absorbent pod, which absorbs urine and odor in a minute. The next day, the powdery contents can be poured out.

April 13, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive

You probably don’t think about your toilet when you get up to pee in the night. A private, clean and functional toilet is simply there when you need it, 24/7. Read story

FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called &ldquo;forever chemicals&rdquo; in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

Camas OK’s $1.6M contract to address PFAS in city’s water supply

FILE - Eva Stebel, water researcher, pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Center For Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response on Feb. 16, 2023, in Cincinnati. The Biden administration on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, finalized strict limits on certain so-called &ldquo;forever chemicals&rdquo; in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

April 13, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Health

Camas officials approved a $1.6 million contract with an environmental engineering firm to help address PFAS found in the city’s drinking water. Read story

A honeybee collects nectar and pollen from a seablush flower in April at the wildflower restoration meadow at the Gates Foundation campus in Seattle.

Warmth brings rise in pollen count in Clark County

A honeybee collects nectar and pollen from a seablush flower in April at the wildflower restoration meadow at the Gates Foundation campus in Seattle.

April 13, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

Temperatures in Clark County will rise this weekend — and so will the pollen count. Read story

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

OHA study finds no link between COVID-19 vaccine and cardiac deaths

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

April 12, 2024, 5:09pm Health Free

During the pandemic, reports linked the COVID-19 vaccine to cardiac deaths, especially among young people, but a new study by the Oregon Health Authority found no connection between the two. Read story

Deb Robertson sits with her 12 year-old dog Mazi in the hallway before a meal with family and friends at her Lombard, Ill., home Saturday, March 23, 2024. Robertson didn&rsquo;t cry when she learned two months ago that the cancerous tumors in her liver were spreading, portending a tormented death. But later, she cried after receiving a call that a bill moving through the Illinois Legislature to allow certain terminally ill patients to end their own lives with a doctor&rsquo;s help had made progress.

‘I’m dying, you’re not’: Those terminally ill ask more states to legalize physician-assisted death

Deb Robertson sits with her 12 year-old dog Mazi in the hallway before a meal with family and friends at her Lombard, Ill., home Saturday, March 23, 2024. Robertson didn&rsquo;t cry when she learned two months ago that the cancerous tumors in her liver were spreading, portending a tormented death. But later, she cried after receiving a call that a bill moving through the Illinois Legislature to allow certain terminally ill patients to end their own lives with a doctor&rsquo;s help had made progress.

April 12, 2024, 12:18pm Health

On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death. Read story

FILE - Children&rsquo;s Defense Fund Program Director Graciela Camarena assists Lucia Salazar with filling out Medicaid and SNAP application forms for her family in Pharr, Texas, Nov. 13, 2023. Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new survey showed Friday, April 12, 2024.

One-fourth of people dropped from Medicaid still aren’t insured, survey shows

FILE - Children&rsquo;s Defense Fund Program Director Graciela Camarena assists Lucia Salazar with filling out Medicaid and SNAP application forms for her family in Pharr, Texas, Nov. 13, 2023. Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new survey showed Friday, April 12, 2024.

April 12, 2024, 8:25am Health

Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new survey from KFF showed Friday. Read story