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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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  Washington's hospital system is financially 'fragile' despite improvements

  For the first time in four years, financial losses at hospitals across Washington state are slowing down.

  • Noel Gasca
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  Covid isolation reduced to 24 hours in Washington state

  Washington’s Department of Health announced Monday that people experiencing covid symptoms only need to isolate for 24-hours or until their health improves. Previous guidelines from the state and CDC recommended people stay home for at least five days to stop the spread of the disease.

  • Dyer Oxley
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  Bones and pipes are breaking across the Northwest with the cold, and now the warm up

  Northwest ERs seeing lots of injuries, contractors seeing lots of frozen or burst pipes

  • Anna King
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  Hackers break into Fred Hutch computer network, patients warned to watch accounts

  The cancer center says it detected unauthorized activity Nov. 19. It's now telling patients to monitor their bank statements and credit reports.

  • Paige Browning
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  Hundreds of Providence nurses take to the picket line in Everett

  Hundreds of nurses at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett went on the picket line Tuesday morning after authorizing a five day strike. The major sticking points are staffing levels and pay. The union and Providence have been in negotiations for months over a new contract for roughly 1300 nurses.

  • Hans Anderson
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  Chronic drug shortages stress hospitals and patients

  Pharmacists struggle to find key medicines and now have to anticipate drug shortages caused by extreme weather and global instability.

  • Sydney Lupkin
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  Giving birth amid Gaza's devastation is traumatic, but babies continue to be born

  As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

  • Anas Baba
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  Doctors in Gaza describe the war's devastating impact on hospitals and health care

  After the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas militants, Israel has begun air strikes on Gaza. The World Health Organization warns that the health system there is at a breaking point.

  • Ari Daniel
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  75,000 Kaiser nurses, pharmacists and other workers have walked off the job

  In the largest health care strike in U.S. history, over 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning.

  • Danielle Kaye

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