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'Community navigators' bridge the healthcare gap for …

Webby. Lizz Giordano. / February 9, 2023. After guiding her community through the pandemic as a community navigator for Public Health – Seattle & King County, …

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In Seattle, public health resisters have always pushed back

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has shown that Seattle is relatively compliant with public health demands, from social distancing to masking and vaccination. This makes …

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Abigail Echo-Hawk on the art and science of …

WebEcho-Hawk is the chief research officer of the Seattle Indian Health Board and the director of the Urban Indian Health Institute. (Photo by Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut) The Urban …

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A new owner looks to restore Yakima's last major hospital

WebMai Hoang. / February 7, 2023. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital was recently acquired by Tacoma-based MultiCare. The hospital is now called MultiCare Yakima Memorial …

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The HEAL Act gives WA a path to environmental justice

WebWith this definition as its cornerstone, the HEAL Act creates a structure for state agencies, including the Departments of Health, Ecology, Agriculture, Natural …

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WA hired a climate epidemiologist — and not a moment …

WebThe 1.4 million acre reservation in north central Washington is home to more than 5,000 people who have bore the brunt of the state’s increasing wildfire disasters …

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Digital maps show how climate change’s impact in WA …

WebThe maps, commissioned as part of InvestigateWest's yearlong reporting project, Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia, span Washington and Oregon and …

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WA will take care of you when you’re old. Here’s how.

WebThe $36,500 lifetime benefit could pay for an in-home caregiver to assist someone for 20 hours a week for more than a year, according to a state report from …

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Meet the CARE Team, Seattle’s new mental health crisis …

WebAt their temporary office at the Seattle Municipal Tower, CARE Team community crisis responders Abdillahi Mohamed and Chris Inaba are prepared for a long …

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Washington state buys shuttered psychiatric hospital in …

WebWashington state officials are buying a recently shuttered for-profit psychiatric hospital in Tukwila in an attempt to shore up the state’s struggling mental …

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the third in WA — to begin construction soon

WebState dollars will take mental health services in a new direction with two projects: a psychiatric hospital near Northgate Mall and a proposed behavioral health …

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WA opens health insurance exchange to undocumented immigrants

WebVenice Buhain. / November 1, 2023. Washington’s health insurance exchange, which launched its open enrollment period Wednesday, is expanding access to health and …

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Health care in WA prisons leaves inmates waiting months or

WebSpending continues to climb both because of the overall increase in the cost of health services and the graying population within Washington prisons. With a month …

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King County crisis services ask for clarity on police intervention

WebIt was a Saturday afternoon in September when Carlo Garcia decided he needed to call the police. A shift lead with the jail diversion program CoLEAD, Garcia had …

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Washington patients fear losing access to care as hospitals merge

WebThe Seattle Times, using data from the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington State Hospital Association, reported that “48.6% of licensed, …

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PFAS in Washington’s well water could make you sick

WebIn Vancouver, remediation could total $235M. Vancouver, Washington’s water system is the third-largest in the state, serving nearly 280,000 customers. In late …

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One-third of Washington's rural hospitals are at risk. What

WebA facility must meet certain criteria to be designated a CAH, such as being more than a 35-mile drive from another hospital (or 15 in mountainous terrain) and …

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Redlining's enduring impact shows up in WA pollution disparity

WebIn all three Washington cities that were studied, there was a general upward trend in pollution levels for nitrogen dioxide: Blocks graded A were clearly better off, and …

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WA Healthplanfinder insurance adds call hours as deadline looms

WebWashington Healthplanfinder, the state’s health insurance exchange, will offer a few days of extended phone hours through Jan. 15, including some weekends, as …

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