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Closing of rural hospitals leaves towns with unhealthy real estate

July 7, 2024, 5:45am Health

In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents in the hills of east Tennessee lost its hospital, a 54-bed acute care facility. Campbell County, where Jellico is located, ranks 90th of Tennessee’s 95 counties in health outcomes and has a poverty rate almost double the national average, so losing… Read story

The Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing — the first to be established in the state of Washington — and the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing both shuttered their doors in 1980. More than 2,000 nurses graduated from the school in its almost century of operation.

These Tacoma nurses broke into field when needles were reused, secrets kept from wives

The Tacoma General Hospital School of Nursing — the first to be established in the state of Washington — and the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing both shuttered their doors in 1980. More than 2,000 nurses graduated from the school in its almost century of operation.

July 7, 2024, 5:31am Health

Janet Runbeck is 71 and working the same job she began at age 20. And she doesn’t get paid for it. 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.

Washougal finds ‘slightly elevated’ levels of PFAS in all six of the city’s wells

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.

July 6, 2024, 6:11am Clark County Health

The city of Washougal has detected slightly elevated levels of harmful “forever chemicals” in its drinking water. Read story

The McPlant plant-based burger and the new plant-based McPlant Nuggets.

Do U.S. fast-food customers want plant-based meat?

The McPlant plant-based burger and the new plant-based McPlant Nuggets.

July 6, 2024, 6:03am Business

Do Americans want plant-based options at fast-food restaurants? Two recent moves show restaurant chains are still undecided. Read story

The National Women's Law Center and a coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice groups hold an "abortion is health care" rally in front of the Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in the cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. The cases center on whether a federal law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act — or EMTALA — supersedes Idaho's law banning most abortions on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 in Washington.

Washington sees ripple effects of Dobbs decision as Idaho patients seek abortion care

The National Women's Law Center and a coalition of reproductive health, rights, and justice groups hold an "abortion is health care" rally in front of the Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments in the cases of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States. The cases center on whether a federal law, known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act — or EMTALA — supersedes Idaho's law banning most abortions on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 in Washington.

July 6, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Health

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 2024 report from Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office reveals the decision caused ripple effects across Washington’s health care system. Read story

Packages of Lunchables are displayed on a shelf at a Safeway store on April 10 in San Anselmo, Calif. Consumer Reports is asking for the Department of Agriculture to eliminate Lunchables food kits from the National School Lunch Program after finding high levels of lead, sodium and cadmium in tested kits.

Is ultra-processed food unhealthy?

Packages of Lunchables are displayed on a shelf at a Safeway store on April 10 in San Anselmo, Calif. Consumer Reports is asking for the Department of Agriculture to eliminate Lunchables food kits from the National School Lunch Program after finding high levels of lead, sodium and cadmium in tested kits.

July 5, 2024, 6:14am Health

As shoppers study food labels amid renewed concerns about the health impacts of processed food, General Mills isn’t worried. After all, it’s the flavor that makes the sale. Read story

Phillip Dick, who has been a volunteer at Living Hope Church for four years, takes a moment to rest while helping those in need escape the heat wave at the church's cooling center in August 2023. The church is again among the sites offering those in need a respite from the excessive heat forecast for the Fourth of July weekend.

Cooling centers set to open in Clark County during heat wave

Phillip Dick, who has been a volunteer at Living Hope Church for four years, takes a moment to rest while helping those in need escape the heat wave at the church's cooling center in August 2023. The church is again among the sites offering those in need a respite from the excessive heat forecast for the Fourth of July weekend.

July 3, 2024, 6:12pm Churches & Religion Free

Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather alert for Friday and Saturday for the emergency shelter system in Clark County. Read story

Cyanobacteria are microscopic bacteria, otherwise known as blue-green algae, that form harmful blooms during the summer. They flourish in warm, stagnant water filled with nutrients, such as Lacamas Lake as pictured in 2021. Blooms often occur in Vancouver, Lacamas and Round lakes.

Warning issued for Lacamas Lake due to cyanotoxin levels

Cyanobacteria are microscopic bacteria, otherwise known as blue-green algae, that form harmful blooms during the summer. They flourish in warm, stagnant water filled with nutrients, such as Lacamas Lake as pictured in 2021. Blooms often occur in Vancouver, Lacamas and Round lakes.

July 3, 2024, 2:52pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health warned Wednesday that skiing and swimming at Lacamas Lake could make residents sick due to elevated levels of cyanotoxins from algae. Read story