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While some union health care worker have a contract agreement with Kaiser, imaging specialists — including mammography and X-Ray technicians — and pharmacy technicians are still on strike in the Northwest.

Kaiser Permanente pharmacy techs, imaging specialists continue strike amid ongoing contract negotiations

While some union health care worker have a contract agreement with Kaiser, imaging specialists — including mammography and X-Ray technicians — and pharmacy technicians are still on strike in the Northwest.

November 13, 2023, 3:26pm Clark County Health

More than 900 imaging specialists and pharmacy technicians at Kaiser Permanente are continuing to strike across Oregon and Southwest Washington. The walkout is expected to last until the end of this week. Read story

Everett Maroon, director of Walla Walla’s Blue Mountain Heart to Heart since 2010, in front of the building.

WA’s new drug law could help needle exchanges — or restrict them

Everett Maroon, director of Walla Walla’s Blue Mountain Heart to Heart since 2010, in front of the building.

November 13, 2023, 6:00am Health

Mike Nichols, who’s 66 and has lived in southeastern Washington all his life, has used drugs – including opioids and meth – for more than 40 years. “99 percent of my friends are dead,” he said while visiting a harm reduction site in central Walla Walla. The needle exchange, run… Read story

This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023, shows packaging for the company's Wegovy medication. According to a study published Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in the New England Journal of Medicine, the popular weight-loss drug reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20%, and could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients.

Obesity drug Wegovy cut risk of serious heart problems by 20%, study finds

This image provided by Novo Nordisk in January 2023, shows packaging for the company's Wegovy medication. According to a study published Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in the New England Journal of Medicine, the popular weight-loss drug reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20%, and could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients.

November 12, 2023, 11:59am Health

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large, international study that experts say could change the way doctors treat certain heart patients. Read story

Virtual nursing offers a new career for WA’s burned-out nurses

November 12, 2023, 5:17am Health

Jaime Houtchens is a registered nurse at a Gig Harbor hospital. But she normally works from her home in Centralia. Read story

File - The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, USA, Oct. 14, 2022. The owner of Facebook and Instagram says it'll put labels on political ads created using artificial intelligence. The new policy announced Wednesday by Meta goes into effect Jan. 1 and will apply worldwide.

Lawsuits against social media companies spotlights youth mental health

File - The Instagram logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, USA, Oct. 14, 2022. The owner of Facebook and Instagram says it'll put labels on political ads created using artificial intelligence. The new policy announced Wednesday by Meta goes into effect Jan. 1 and will apply worldwide.

November 12, 2023, 5:00am Health

Last month, Washington joined dozens of other states in a lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging it concealed the ways its social media platforms “manipulate and exploit” children and teens to get them hooked to the apps. Read story

Holly Ann Haley, 4, gets two vaccinations at the doctor's office in Berlin, Vt.  The latest analysis of childhood vaccines released Tuesday confirms they're generally safe. The analysis mirrors and updates a 2011 report on vaccine safety by the U.S. Institute of Medicine.

States reconsider religious exemptions for vaccinations in child care

Holly Ann Haley, 4, gets two vaccinations at the doctor's office in Berlin, Vt.  The latest analysis of childhood vaccines released Tuesday confirms they're generally safe. The analysis mirrors and updates a 2011 report on vaccine safety by the U.S. Institute of Medicine.

November 11, 2023, 6:00am Health

More than half the children who attend Munchkin Land Daycare near Billings, Montana, have special needs or compromised immune systems. The kids, who range in age from 4 months to 9 years, have conditions that include fetal alcohol syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and Down syndrome, according to owner Sheryl Hutzenbiler. Read story

Children who survive shootings endure huge health obstacles and costs

November 11, 2023, 5:52am Health

Oronde McClain was struck by a stray bullet on a Philadelphia street corner when he was 10. Read story

FILE - Students at Stuyvesant High School leave after classes end for the week, March 13, 2020, in New York. Schools across America are racing to make up for lost classroom time, budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days. But figuring out which students need help has become its own challenge after the pandemic left holes in some students' learning records. New York City is adding three rounds of testing this year, hoping to pinpoint which students are behind and where.

Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later?

FILE - Students at Stuyvesant High School leave after classes end for the week, March 13, 2020, in New York. Schools across America are racing to make up for lost classroom time, budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days. But figuring out which students need help has become its own challenge after the pandemic left holes in some students' learning records. New York City is adding three rounds of testing this year, hoping to pinpoint which students are behind and where.

November 11, 2023, 5:46am Health

High school classes start so early around this city that some kids get on buses at 5:30 in the morning. Read story