Price cap on cost of insulin takes effect in Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Many Washington residents with diabetes will have an easier time affording insulin this year, as a new law imposes a $100 cap on patient copayments. The law applies to any health-care plan issued or
Large Covid outbreak in Vancouver hospital still a mystery
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 spread to 30 patients in the past week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. None of the patients tested positive when they were admitted into the hospital. All
Massive recall of Dungeness crab possibly tainted by toxin
SEATTLE (AP) — Nearly 29 tons of Dungeness crab is being voluntarily recalled by the Quinault Tribe. The recall affects live and uneviscerated (or un-gutted) Dungeness crab. The crabs are being recalled due to possible elevated marine
Feds back down from fining distillers of sanitizer
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Vancouver’s Quartz Mountain Distillers was surprised Wednesday by a $14,000 fine from the FDA for producing hand sanitizer. But the company found out Thursday evening that the fee won’t be enforced. Owner Randy
Spokane family suing County after son’s death in jail
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The family of a Washington state man who killed himself in a Spokane County Jail in 2018 is suing the county. The family says in their lawsuit that the death of 24-year-old Chris
King County buying up hotels, former nursing homes for homeless
SEATTLE (AP) — King County plans to buy as many as a dozen hotels to permanently house hundreds of homeless people and provide them with services. The initiative is called Health Through Housing. It uses revenue from
BLM may award grazing rights to convicted ranchers
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The federal government has proposed awarding grazing allotments to an Oregon ranching family whose members were convicted of arson in a court battle that triggered the takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge by
Vaccinations for 1B Group set to begin next week in Clallam County
By Pepper Fisher SEQUIM – The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Family Medical Clinic in Sequim has begun donating an overabundance of the Moderna vaccine from the federal government to inoculate local police officers and firefighters, and hopes to
Meghan McCain calls for mandatory paid maternity leave, gives update on daughter
iStock/x-reflexnajaBy: Joanne Rosa, ABC News (NEW YORK) — The View co-host and new mother Meghan McCain returned to the show from a three-month maternity leave with updates on her daughter, Liberty Sage, and a newfound support for
Man who used tree branch in NYC assault spree arrested
william87/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A man who used a tree branch in an assault spree throughout downtown Manhattan has been arrested. The chaos began Sunday evening when New Jersey resident Bryan Thompson, 43,