At North Seattle Therapy & Counseling in Washington state, they’re seeing patients with anxiety or depression related to climate change and the Earth’s future.
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers By Billions
Health insurers that treat millions of seniors have overcharged Medicare by nearly $30 billion the past three years alone.
New case of measles in King County
Case visited locations in Kenmore and Seattle while contagious. This brings the total to ten measles cases in King County residents since the beginning of May
UW researchers turn back the genetic clock to see how cancer evolves
It’s possible to take precancerous cells back in time, so to speak, to identify the genetic mutations that triggered their transformation.
As Temperatures Climb, A New Push To Keep Workers Safe
Over the past decade, more than 350 workers nationwide have died from heat-related illness. Tens of thousands more have had serious heat-related illnesses.
Did Your Health Plan Deny You Care? Fight Back.
If you do appeal, your chance of getting the health plan’s decision overturned is a lot better than you might think.
Ticks spread a lot more than just Lyme disease
The number of tick-borne disease cases is on the rise. They’re spending new diseases. And new, invasive tick species keep turning up.
How long can humans live?
The longest-lived person was Jeanne Calment of France. She died on August 4, 1997, aged 122 years, five months. But she’s unlikely to hold it for much longer.
Cannabis & vaping: What’s in that vape?
The aerosol of a cannabis vape pen is more than just “water vapor:” it can contain residual solvents, pesticides, and other toxic by-products.
Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure In California
Citing fierce pushback from hospitals, California lawmakers sidelined a bill Wednesday that would have protected some patients from surprise medical bill.
DOJ Lawyers Try New Tricks To Undo Obamacare. Will It Work?
The Trump administration wants to scrap the entire law … but keep parts of it.
Immigrant children held in US facilities traumatized and sick, report
Officials said the spike in contagious diseases are unlike anything they’ve seen before.
Using Obamacare Authority, Trump Aims To Shift Dialysis Care To Patients’ Homes
The initiative aims to increase the number of patients getting dialysis at home and double the annual number of kidneys available for transplants.
Two New Cases of Measles in King County
These two cases brings the total to nine measles cases in King County residents since the beginning of May.
Watch: High Cost Of Insulin Sends Americans To Canada To Stock Up
The price of insulins has nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, leaving some patients with no choice but to travel to Canada, where insulin can be 90% cheaper.