Federal recovery dollars 'saved' some critical access hospitals — but many small facilities still struggle with staffing and rising costs.

Beyond a rollback of abortion rights, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s team is preparing to face what might come next.

The clinic is expected to help accommodate the influx of people who will need Washington abortion services if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

As a teenager, reporter Megan Burbank thought the gains her mother’s generation made for equality were here to stay. As a journalist, she found the opposite was true.

Zookeepers say giving animals more say in how their medical care happens improves their health and well-being.

Our reporting explains what an end to the landmark decision means for abortion access in Washington state, as well as policies on abortion pills, out-of-state travel and more.

 ... and a few bills they left on the table.

Legislative proposals may help fill in large gaps by providing funds to train more nurses.

Patients already routinely travel into the state for abortion care. Clinics expect those numbers to grow.

Experts predict a 'long, winding road' to get past COVID but some wonder if we're seeing the end of the pandemic.

Nurses say the changes that would make them stay on staff — retention bonuses, compensation to work extra shifts, guaranteed rest breaks — have yet to be meaningfully implemented.

State officials said they want to make tweaks to the state’s new long-term care insurance program, after a flood of people sought to opt out.

Since Dr. Ben Danielson resigned last year, some say the hospital is making progress, but others think the leadership has fallen short to rectify its history with racism.