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  West Seattle’s only overnight shelter set to close at the end of the year

  Westside Neighbors Shelter will keep serving breakfast and dinner daily, but the overnight sleeping program has run out of money and will close at the end of the year.

  • Casey Martin
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  Pregnancy-related deaths are increasing in Washington state. Most could be prevented

  Maternal deaths in Washington state rose in 2021 and 2022 compared to previous years, according to a report released by the state health department Monday.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Washington, other West Coast states, go against CDC, recommend hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns

  A CDC panel voted on Friday to recommend the hepatitis B vaccine only to the babies of mothers who test positive for the virus, or whose status is unknown, and to suggest that, for all other babies, doctors and parents should have a conversation about the risks and benefits of the shot, a process known as “shared clinical decision-making.”

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  You can starve at any weight. People with atypical anorexia struggle to get diagnoses, treatment

  The stereotype of someone with anorexia is an extremely skinny teen girl. But you can suffer from anorexia in any size body, at any age. When someone has anorexia but their body mass index (BMI) is over 18.5, it's called atypical anorexia.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  'There's no silver bullet.' Seattle researchers say autism answers lie in early diagnosis, interventions

  Autism has become a lightning rod issue at the federal level, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing what he believes are a cause and cure for the condition. But autism researchers in Seattle say what’s needed are early diagnoses and early interventions.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Food bank, meal program visits in Seattle soar following SNAP cuts

  The supplemental food assistance program, also known as SNAP, ran out of funding on Nov. 1, after the Trump administration said it paused the program due to the government shutdown. In response to the court orders, the administration said the program will be partially funded. Meanwhile, Seattle-area food banks are seeing a jump in visits, as SNAP recipients scramble for ways to cover the loss.

  • Noel Gasca
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  WA voters might say yes to amending the state constitution this fall. Here's why

  There might be only one thing the socialist alt-weekly The Stranger and the libertarian think tank the Washington Policy Center agree on this election season, and it’s at the very beginning of your Nov. 4 ballot.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  A life-saving machine developed in the 1970s is finding renewed purpose post-pandemic

  Heart and lung bypass machines have been around for more than 50 years. For much of that time they were used primarily to help patients survive while they waited for an organ transplant. But in the last 10-15 years, and especially since Covid, they are being used as a last-ditch effort to stabilize patients whose lungs or hearts are failing.

  • Stephen Howie
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  Abortion by mail is on the rise, even in states like Washington where it remains legal

  In Washington and 17 other states where abortion is still legal, telehealth orders for abortion medication have doubled since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  'I don’t sleep well at night.' Washington’s rural hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts, possible closures

  When changes to the federal Medicaid program take effect in about a year, rural hospitals could face closures, leaving people to drive an hour or more to the next closest options.

  • Eilís O'Neill

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