Former shelter employees and doctors say the immigrant shelters lack sufficient counselors and too often turn to powerful psychotropic drugs when kids act out.
Multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to turkey products
Outbreak has sickened at least 90 people in 26 states, including Oregon. Forty people have been hospitalized.
Are probiotics safe?
Researchers are investigating the effects of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics on disease. But, worryingly, they haven’t been reporting on their safety.
Children With Disabilities Endure Long Waits For Life-Changing Medical Equipment
Baker-Ajene waited so long to get a wheelchair for her daughter that she forgot she’d ordered it.
Omega 3 supplements don’t protect against heart disease, study
Omega 3 supplements do not reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, deaths from heart disease and stroke, and death from any cause
How to protect your children from wildfire smoke
Due to summer wildfires, children living on the West Coast have been breathing some of the most polluted air on record.
Anti-anxiety pills: The next drug epidemic?
Over-prescribing of drugs known as benzodiazepines or “benzos” is putting more people at risk of dependence on the pills.
Insurers slow to cover high-cost cancer immunotherapy
Most commercial insurers are covering CAR-T immunotherapies now, but they do so on an individual basis, writing single-patient agreements each time.
Think Before You Ink: Are Tattoos Safe?
Before you get a tattoo, consider these key questions
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates
Insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on data about things like race, how much TV you watch, or even buy plus-size clothing.
States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Shield On Preexisting Conditions Were Axed
West Virginia has the highest rate of adults with preexisting conditions, 36% of those under 65.
Number of ‘elder orphans’ grows
With increasing life expectancy and geographic mobility, the chance of aging without a partner or children is significant.
Genetically testing human embryos: what you need to know about the debate
Preimplantation genetic testing is widely used to increase the chance of having a healthy baby. Whether it should be performed at all, however, is hotly debated.
Health officials seek people exposed to bat in Woodinville
Officials are seeking people who may have been in contact with a bat in Woodinville park.
Scammers sending fake FDA warning letters, FDA warns
Scammers are targeting consumers who have purchased medicines online.