Health

April 9, 2021 - Gov. Jay Inslee today updated and clarified the criteria for counties to stay in Phase 3 of the state's Healthy Washington pandemic...

In the United States, Black people are 20% more likely than other racial/ethnic groups to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and about 40% more likely to die from it once diagnosed. Black men and women also have one of the lower screening rates.

World Heart Day. Thometta Cozart, a professional advocate for health equity, got a strong dose of reality when her father had a stroke and then a seizure.

Flu season is approaching, and the virus that causes COVID-19 continues to circulate at high levels, putting a strain on local hospitals. Flu vaccination provides the best protection against influenza illness and can help to reduce the burden on local hospitals.

Hospital executives were already attuned to workplace violence before the pandemic struck. But stresses from covid have exacerbated the problem, they say, prompting increased security, de-escalation training and pleas for civility. And while many hospitals work to address the issue on their own, nurses and other workers are pushing federal legislation to create enforceable standards nationwide.

From the lonely nameless Maytag Repairman to Progressive's quirky sales rep Flo and Jake from State Farm, beloved mascots give many products iconic voices that withstand the test of time.

At this point in the pandemic, most parents are familiar with “covid notification” letters. But the letters’ instruction on whether your kid must quarantine or not varies wildly from school to school.

New science has given HIV positive patients new hope. Especially one mother, from Esperanza, Argentina, who has had HIV since 2013. Researchers call the woman the “Esperanza patient." The word "Esperanza" means “hope.”

“It’s just the way our government works,” Hendrix said, which is a challenge for businesses that are “anxious to get started and think they’ve got something that can help.”

Oregon’s first three cases of Omicron-variant COVID-19 have been confirmed in Washington and Multnomah counties, the Oregon Health Authority reported last Monday.