April 20, 2024, 6:00am Health
In Matthew Roach’s two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in… Read story
April 19, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health
The butterfly symbolizes transformation and embarking on a new phase of life. Read story
April 22, 2024, 8:25am Health
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older and disabled Americans. Read story
April 22, 2024, 8:23am Health
The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. Read story
April 22, 2024, 8:22am Health
If it’s true that you are what you eat, then most beef-eating Americans consist of a smattering of poultry feathers, urine, feces, wood chips and chicken saliva, among other food items. Read story
April 21, 2024, 5:57am Health
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Read story
Each year, more than 200,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer, including thousands of women in Washington. In honor of their fight — and as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — The Columbian published this collection of stories about the women who have received breast cancer diagnoses, the science and technological advances for treating them and the community that supports them.
April 20, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive
Healthful exercise can require serious effort and focus, like maintaining yoga’s difficult boat pose, which requires balancing on your bottom while holding up your legs and torso rigidly, forming a human V. Read story
April 20, 2024, 6:00am Health
Abortion opponents have maneuvered in courthouses for years to end access to reproductive health care. In Arizona last week, a win for the anti-abortion camp caused political blowback for Republican candidates in the state and beyond. Read story
April 20, 2024, 5:58am Clark County Health
The Washington State Department of Health suspended certified nursing assistant David Floyd Potter’s license following allegations of sexual misconduct involving two patients. Read story
April 19, 2024, 1:52pm Health
One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a… Read story