Christmas came early for women who need health care.
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Read about medical advances and research in Seattle and worldwide. Topics include treatments; surgery; diseases such as Zika; studies of the human brain, heart and cancer; mental health; drugs and vaccinations; and Medicare, the Veterans Administration (VA) and the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Institutions include the Hutch, UW Medicine, Harborview, Virginia Mason, Group Health and Swedish.
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Court: Trump can’t let companies deny birth control coverage
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A divided U.S. appeals court Thursday blocked rules by the Trump administration that allowed more employers to opt out of providing...
We now know where Seattle’s airborne heart was headed after Southwest flight was turned around
The human heart that missed a connection in Seattle was headed to a tissue processor.
On Christmas Eve, we get … a few extra heart attacks
On Dec. 24, the risk of a heart attack is 37 percent higher than normal, Swedish researchers found. This would put Christmas Eve in the...
After paying $83 million in fines, Washington settles jail mental-health lawsuit
The settlement reached is designed to bring the state into compliance with the judge's order to provide timely competency evaluations and treatment for mentally ill...
Sewage from Mexico spill flows north into California waters
More than 6 million gallons a day of raw sewage has spilled into the Tijuana River since Monday.
Cuba health mystery: Diplomats had inner-ear damage early on
MIAMI (AP) — American diplomats affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba showed damage in the inner ear shortly after they complained of weird noises...