Marijuana has been around for centuries, and it is one of the most common herbs known worldwide. It is used for medicinal and recreational purposes…
Saturday, April 16th was National Health Care Decisions Day, focusing on the importance of planning your care decisions in advance. Kim Callinan, president and CEO…
This week is Black Maternal Health Week, highlighting the disparities in health outcomes for pregnant people. Black mothers are two to three times more likely to die from…
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, highlighting the serious consequences of drinking too much. Excessive alcohol use contributes to more than 95,000 deaths each year, according to the…
New data show that deaths from drug overdoses continue to increase for Washington residents. Provisional data as of April 4 show drug-related overdose deaths surpassed…
The Department of Justice published guidance Tuesday on opioid use disorder (OUD) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The document, entitled “The Americans with…
Premera Blue Cross announced this week they would be making a $1.8 million investment to address the critical shortage of nurses in the region. The…
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has updated its advisory to Washington residents to not serve or eat certain oysters harvested from the south…
People age 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals can now get a second booster dose of an mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine at…
Continental Mills is recalling a single lot of Great Value Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix due to potential foreign material contamination. Fragments from a cable…
In 2020, more than 41 million Americans were classified as needing treatment for substance use, including 28 million with alcohol use disorder, 18 million with…
The House Floor debated Substitute Senate Bill 5890, which would clarify eligibility for worker’s compensation at radiological hazardous waste facilities. The bill passed the Senate…
The House Floor debated Substitute Senate Bill 5883 (SSB 5883) March 3. The bill concerns unaccompanied homeless youth’s ability to provide informed consent, in Washington,…
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, doctors had limited knowledge of how to respond to this new disease. Physicians in hard-hit…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breaks the opioid epidemic into three waves. The first wave began with the introduction of OxyContin—the highly addictive…
With new COVID-19 cases and hospitalization decreasing, and over 87% of King County residents over age 12 fully vaccinated, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced…
Washington state’s Death with Dignity Act has been on the books for more than a decade. Proponents says it’s time to update the law so…