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Low Medicaid rates force nursing homes to close in Washington state

In response to a rash of nursing home closures in Washington, a Republican state senator is calling for an increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates and other steps to stave off additional closures.
By
Austin Jenkins

Nov 12, 2019 at 7:57 am
KUOW Newsroom

One-tenth of Seattle students could be kept home for missing vaccination records

Seattle Public Schools said it is missing immunization records for about one in ten students. The district sent letters to about 5,700 students’ families Oct. 28th notifying them that they will be barred from school beginning Jan. 8th if they still lack proof of the required immunizations, exemptions, or evidence that they are in the process of getting vaccinated.
By
Ann Dornfeld

Nov 02, 2019 at 4:06 pm
One in ten Seattle Public Schools students could be barred for lack of vaccination records

Seattle Public Schools said it is missing immunization records for about one in ten students. The district sent letters to about 5,700 students’ families Oct. 28th notifying them that they will be excluded from school beginning Jan. 8th if they still lack proof of the required immunizations, exemptions, or evidence that they are in the process of getting vaccinated.
By
Ann Dornfeld

Nov 02, 2019 at 3:34 pm
KUOW Newsroom

Report: Giving naloxone to cops saves lives in Washington

Twenty-one people are likely alive today because police officers in Thurston County were armed with a drug overdose reversal medicine, according to a new report by a University of Washington professor of public health.
By
Austin Jenkins

Oct 28, 2019 at 8:56 am Northwest News Network
Primed

We’re living longer. Can Alexa help us live better?

On this week’s episode of Primed, we explore how smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo fit into the lives of older people. Some elders find Alexa annoying or intrusive. But others interact with the technology in practical, creative ways. Here are a few of their stories.
By
Carolyn Adolph

Joshua McNichols

Oct 28, 2019 at 3:04 am
KUOW Newsroom

Vape producers say states don't have authority to issue ban

A national trade organization and one of its members have filed a lawsuit to try to block the states ban on flavored vaping products.
By
Angela King

Oct 22, 2019 at 8:42 am
KUOW Newsroom

Wave of disaster prep about to hit Oregon coast hospitals

The state of Oregon is pushing the community hospitals along the Oregon Coast to improve their earthquake resilience. This comes after a state report predicted none of them would be able to sustain operations after the feared Big One -- a magnitude 9 offshore Cascadia earthquake and tsunami.
By
Tom Banse

Oct 17, 2019 at 4:11 pm Northwest News Network
King County files federal lawsuit saying JUUL targeted kids

King County has sued JUUL, alleging it targeted children and got them addicted to its vaping products.
By
Gil Aegerter

Oct 17, 2019 at 7:52 am
Week In Review

Uncovering the mysteries of telephone poles, RVs, and more

Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Ashley Archibald, reporter at Real Change, David Kroman, city reporter for Crosscut, and Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stranger.
By
Bill Radke

Oct 11, 2019 at 2:41 pm
KUOW Newsroom

Flavored vaping banned for four months in Washington state

The Wash. state Board of Health voted Wednesday afternoon to temporarily ban flavored vaping products, including flavored THC. The decision comes after more than a thousand people have come down with a vaping-related lung illness.
By
Eilis O'Neill

Kim Malcolm

Oct 10, 2019 at 9:30 am