Seattle weather heats up this week with temps reaching the 80s This week daytime temperatures are expected to climb into the 80s, maybe even the 90s by next Monday. Meteorologists say the heat could set new records for early May. Casey Martin
He helped craft the 'bounty hunter' abortion law in Texas. He's just getting started The attorney Jonathan Mitchell is known for leveraging the law to achieve his conservative clients' goals — regardless of the potential political fallout. Sarah McCammon
Back pain shouldn't stop you from cooking at home. Here's how to adapt A new cookbook offers kitchen techniques that reduce physical exertion. It aims to make home cooking accessible again for those with chronic back pain. Pien Huang
'It's not for the faint-hearted' — the story of India's intrepid women seaweed divers In goggles and flipflops, they dive to harvest seaweed. It's risky work. They'll earn $3 to $6 a day. Now climate change and environmental rules make it harder to pursue the traditional profession. Kamala Thiagarajan
Does sex get better with age? This senior sex therapist thinks so A recent study found that if you expect great sex after midlife, you're more likely to get it. Here's advice for seniors for how to make the most of your love life. Andrea Muraskin
Investigation continues into Virginia Mason bacterial outbreak, link to patient deaths unclear A bacterial outbreak at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle has sickened 31 patients since October. Seven of them have since died, but it’s unknown what caused those deaths — the infection or the diagnoses that brought them to the hospital in the first place. Eilís O'Neill
Rochelle Walensky, who led the CDC during the pandemic, resigns The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced her exit on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency. Bill Chappell
CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections in changes to how it tracks the pandemic The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic. Rob Stein
WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19 The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020. Marc Silver
As the pandemic winds down, anti-vaccine activists are building a legal network They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders. Lisa Hagen
