April 25, 2024, 3:13pm Health Updated 9 hours ago
Actor Ashley Judd and singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc, who both lost loved ones to suicide, on Tuesday helped the Biden administration promote its new national strategy to prevent suicide. Read story
April 25, 2024, 8:23am Health
U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. Read story
April 24, 2024, 3:10pm Business
Nearly 85 percent of hospitals in Washington lost money in 2023, state hospital officials said Tuesday. Read story
April 24, 2024, 11:50am Business
Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday as they try to track and control the growing outbreak. Read story
April 24, 2024, 8:23am Health
The Biden administration’s delay in finalizing a ban on menthol cigarettes is the result of decades of resistance, delays and industry lobbying, according to former officials and public health advocates. Read story
April 24, 2024, 8:20am Health
The nation’s school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. Read story
April 24, 2024, 8:16am Health
Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Read story
April 23, 2024, 7:20pm Business
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. Read story
April 23, 2024, 5:41pm Business
The grocery chain Kroger is slated to pay the state of Washington $47.5 million for its role in the opioid epidemic, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday. Read story
April 23, 2024, 8:07am Health
The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal, under a new rule that the Biden administration finalized Monday. Read story
