News How will 911 services navigate Seattle’s viaduct closure? First responders are planning "for armageddon, worst case scenario" when the Alaskan Way Viaduct closes for three weeks. by Lilly Fowler / January 9, 2019 / Updated Jan. 9 at 2:30 p.m.
Equity Following lawsuit, Catholic health-care provider changes policy on transgender care The lawsuit asserted that PeaceHealth discriminated against a 16-year-old transgender boy seeking coverage for top surgery. by Lilly Fowler / January 4, 2019
Equity Advocates fight Trump rule they say threatens community health The proposed rule would put noncitizens who receive Medicaid and food stamps at risk of deportation. by Lilly Fowler / November 26, 2018
Equity Would-be home health workers claim bias in state’s qualifying exam Somalis say Washington's home care aide certification exam is poorly translated. Only 56.6 percent passed the test in 2018. by Lilly Fowler / October 25, 2018 / Updated at 11:40 a.m.
Equity Dental health care options start to expand Thanks to the Legislature, $16 million is going into expanding services and capacity in Washington state. by John Stang / September 25, 2018
Culture As Seattle’s Black community is pushed south, a children’s clinic follows Seattle's Odessa Brown Children's Clinic is scheduled to break ground next year for a second location at the Othello light rail station. by David Kroman / July 31, 2018
Opinion Affordable health care takes a leap of faith Does faith-based health care have a future in a historically unreligious Washington state? by Sue Lani Madsen / July 13, 2018
Equity Is ‘telemedicine’ the future for rural LGBTQ patients? QueerDoc uses video visits to reach the LGBTQ patient population in both urban and rural areas. by Stephen Hegg & Enrique Pérez de la Rosa / July 5, 2018
Opinion Western State: a broken place in a broken system A look at the broken mental health system through the experience of one woman. by Sinan Demirel / June 28, 2018
Politics Supreme Court ruling on crisis pregnancy centers — now what? Like the California rule struck down Tuesday, King County requires crisis pregnancy centers to say what they are — and aren't. by David Kroman / June 26, 2018
Environment For rural WA kids, asthma is the norm, not the exception UW, along with Yakima Valley Farm Workers’ Clinic, is trying to address uncontrolled asthma in farm worker communities. by Eilís O'Neill EarthFix/KUOW / April 27, 2018