Washington Lawmaker Seeks To Ban E-Cigarette Sales To Minors This week a state senate committee will hear a proposal that would make it illegal to sell e-cigarettes and vapes to minors. Last fall Sen. Judy Warnick... Ruby de Luna
Photos: Lewis-McChord's Ebola Monitoring Camp Winds Down For Second Wave Of Soldiers The 100 soldiers from Fort Carson’s 615th Engineer Company have their temperature recorded twice a day. They’ve been lining up for these temperature... Patricia Murphy
Get Your Flu Shot, Even If It's Just 23 Percent Effective The flu season has been more severe than expected, with 42 deaths in Washington state so far. The main virus that’s circulating in the community, known... Ruby de Luna
The Cost Of Riding Transit Is A Public Health Issue, King County Says Just because you have health insurance, doesn’t always mean you have a way to get to the doctor. That explains why public health officials are starting... Joshua McNichols
Seattle Nurse Returns For Respite From ‘Complete Mayhem’ Of Ebola Outbreak Most days, Seattle nurse Karin Huster woke up around 6 a.m. for a quick bucket shower and breakfast before walking over to the Ebola treatment unit in... Hannah Burn
Why It's Hard To Regulate Medical Pot Washington state lawmakers have a lot on their plates this legislative session: everything from how to fully fund basic education to a debate over how... Marcie Sillman
'Silver Alert' For Seniors May Come To Washington State When the Legislature convenes next week, Rep. Sherry Appleton plans to introduce a bill for a silver alert system in Washington state. Similar to the... Ruby de Luna
Despite Rise In Antidote Access, Heroin Overdoses Still An Issue In King County Marcie Sillman talks with Caleb Banta-Green, senior researcher at University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, about naloxone, the... Hannah Burn
Washington Health Officials Confirm 7 Dead From Flu So Far The flu season is ramping up and it has turned deadly in Washington state. According to the State Health Department Wednesday, influenza has claimed at... Jamala Henderson
Doctors Lose Financial Incentive To Treat Medicaid Patients For the past two years primary care doctors who saw Medicaid patients were given a pay increase. The extra money was an incentive for doctors to take in... Ruby de Luna
