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Overdose deaths continue to rise in King County. Here are two big reasons why

Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington researcher Caleb Banta-Green about why drug overdose deaths are increasing in King County.

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Seattle Children's Hospital says fungus killed 1, infected 5 more

Fungus at Seattle Children’s Hospital has killed one person and infected five others, a hospital spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.

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Sen. Murray: 'This Supreme Court really concerns me'

Kim Malcolm talks with U.S. Senator Patty Murray about the future of Roe v. Wade, and whether Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

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Washington becomes first state to offer public health insurance option, long-term care benefit

Washington is poised to become the first state in the nation to offer a public health insurance option, as well as a new, employee-paid long-term care...

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Opioid distributors sued by WA attorney general get to keep their better-than-Boeing tax break

At the same time Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing three Fortune 15 pharmaceutical distributors for allegedly “fueling the state’s...

A map to treatment for Washington's opioid epidemic

There's a new tool in Washington state to combat the opioid epidemic.

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Gonzalo needs a kidney. But he can't get one because he's undocumented

Even though it was noon, Gonzalo was lying down when I arrived at the apartment in south King County where he lives. His wife Ricarda headed down a long, dark hallway to fetch him. “I was lying down because I felt really dizzy,” Gonzalo said in Spanish. “I can’t--I can’t enjoy the day, go out, because I’m always unwell.”