April 14, 2022
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| Thirty years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was ready to declare syphilis a dead disease. The cure was simple: Penicillin. We had defeated smallpox in 1949. The elimination of... more
April 13, 2022
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| As the debate continues, officials have failed to study whether the state’s existing conservatorship system even works.
April 11, 2022
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| Also, new reporting outlines how devastating COVID has been for those with diabetes.
April 11, 2022
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| “Parents of young children should be as worried about RSV as they are about COVID,” said one professor of pediatrics.
April 07, 2022
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| As the shooting in Sacramento reminds us this week, gun violence is one of the biggest public health crises in America.
April 05, 2022
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| “COVID only made things worse. Delivery of services came to a screeching halt,” said one developmental pediatrician.
April 04, 2022
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| But piecemeal and limited data on guns still poses real reporting challenges.
April 01, 2022
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| It’s a bigger problem than you think, as the pandemic made clear.
March 30, 2022
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| For 68-year-old Lionel Morales, the experience proved devastating.
March 28, 2022
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| Also, Moderna's announcement on a vaccine for young children gives long-waiting parents fresh hope.
March 28, 2022
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| Huge document dumps can be intimidating, but there are essential hacks for sorting through the deluge.
March 25, 2022
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| The high prevalence of diabetes and other chronic diseases has become a given among families. But access to care is not.
The long-term care insurance market is a disaster. Can Washington state offer a better path forward?
March 22, 2022
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| The private market has failed to deliver affordable long-term care insurance. Washington state has another plan.
March 21, 2022
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| Meanwhile, crucial federal pandemic funding remains in limbo.
March 21, 2022
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| Will especially vulnerable groups gain access in time? Skepticism abounds.