Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, along with 12 other U.S. airports and the border crossings in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, have been designated to screen passengers arriving from China for the Wuhan coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday. …
“You’ll know me,” says Rachel Boucher. “I’m 5 feet, 7 inches — and I have no hair.” And there she is, standing at the counter at Starbucks helping her son Andrew and daughter, Natalie, pick out a whipped-creamy, coffee-type drink. Rachel Boucher, wife, teacher, mom of three. And currently pa…
We’re more than halfway through October, and everywhere you look there’s pink. Pink ribbons, pink labels on products at the grocery store, and pink on NFL players’ shoes. Breast Cancer Awareness month has been associated with the color pink, and pink ribbons for decades, but how did all this…
When Ginny Petty noticed a rash on her breast, she wasn’t too concerned at first. She felt around carefully, and there was no sign of a lump. There was no history of breast cancer in her family. Probably just a heat rash, she thought. But when the rash didn’t go away, she went to her primary…
Breast cancer is something women know we should watch out for, because we know the risks. One in eight of us will get breast cancer in her lifetime. We were taught how to do a monthly self-exam to check for lumps, have the doctor check us during regular physicals, and as we get older, we sta…
Jane had a supportive family, a solid group of friends, a love of drawing and photography, and an active sports life at her high school.
A person in Washington state is infected with the Wuhan coronavirus, the first confirmed case in the United States of a mysterious respiratory infection that has killed at least six people and sickened hundreds more in Asia.
A spike in flu cases appears to be on the downturn after Yakima was hit hard with the illness in December.
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital doctors completed a percutaneous coronary intervention at the hospital’s cardiac catheterization laboratory last week.
OLYMPIA – A proposal to end the personal exemption for parents who don’t want their children vaccinated against measles was sent Monday to the full Senate with Republicans calling it an attack on personal freedom and Democrats defending it as good science.
SUNNYSIDE — For Dr. Ana Garcia-Colazo, inspiration is a feeling.
As the most accessible way to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, naloxone is becoming a familiar option as more health professionals, police and emergency responders carry and administer it.
Editor’s note: “Ask us: Your health matters” (formerly, “Friends, Love and...) is a semi-regular column covering health issues, especially those some folks might be too embarrassed to talk about otherwise. If you have a health-related question or something you want a little insight into when…
Yakima County averages 12 new cases of HIV every year.
Overdose deaths from the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl are up nearly 70 percent during the first six months of this year, according to health officials.
RICHLAND, Wash. - A Richland doctor is accused of running a pill mill by prescribing opioids and other highly addictive medications to patients without seeing them.
The open enrollment period for Washington state's health-insurance exchange has started, but it closes a month earlier than last year.
Vaping is great; it helps smokers quit smoking. Vaping is terrible; it gets teens addicted to nicotine.
“You’ll know me,” says Rachel Boucher. “I’m 5 feet, 7 inches — and I have no hair.” And there she is, standing at the counter at Starbucks helping her son Andrew and daughter, Natalie, pick out a whipped-creamy, coffee-type drink. Rachel Boucher, wife, teacher, mom of three. And currently pa…
Early each morning, I pour a cup of coffee and check my email for Fine Gardening magazine’s Garden Photo of the Day. A perk for subscribers, readers from all over the world submit pictures and stories of their gardens. It’s a great way to start the day.
We’re more than halfway through October, and everywhere you look there’s pink. Pink ribbons, pink labels on products at the grocery store, and pink on NFL players’ shoes. Breast Cancer Awareness month has been associated with the color pink, and pink ribbons for decades, but how did all this…
When Ginny Petty noticed a rash on her breast, she wasn’t too concerned at first. She felt around carefully, and there was no sign of a lump. There was no history of breast cancer in her family. Probably just a heat rash, she thought. But when the rash didn’t go away, she went to her primary…
Breast cancer is something women know we should watch out for, because we know the risks. One in eight of us will get breast cancer in her lifetime. We were taught how to do a monthly self-exam to check for lumps, have the doctor check us during regular physicals, and as we get older, we sta…
From 2010 to 2016, in Central Washington, cases of anencephaly — in which babies are born missing part of the brain and skull — were detected at a rate far higher than the national average. Folic acid can help prevent the devastating birth defect.
When are you really supposed to start having breast exams? And how do I do it myself? I’ve heard some women have benign cysts and doctors tell them not to worry because they just have “lumpy breasts.” How can I tell if something I find myself should get checked out?
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, along with 12 other U.S. airports and the border crossings in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, have been designated to screen passengers arriving from China for the Wuhan coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Tuesday. …
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