For immediate release. OLYMPIA — Customers at Fred Meyer’s 60 pharmacies in Washington now have access to free locking bags to more safely store their opioid prescriptions. The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is collaborating with the...
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer’s office issued more than $839,750 in fines for insurance law violations in the second half of May and the first half of June. That included a $275,000 fine for an illegal...
SEATTLE and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHV), a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the global development and commercialization of cytisinicline as a...
June 13, 2025 | Robin Pickering | Public Health The declining birthrate in the United States has become a hot-button topic among the country’s politicians and policy makers. The fewer babies born in America, the greater the implications for the...
Los Gatos, CA, June 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the rapidly evolving world of oral care, LivFresh stands out as a breakthrough that merges clinically tested results with a refreshing user experience. From dental chairs to bathroom cabinets,...
Understanding Implied Consent and the Consequences of Refusing a Breath or Blood Test EVERETT, WA, UNITED STATES, June 23, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Snohomish Law Group is advising drivers across Washington State about the risks of refusing a...
Puget Sound senior living communities celebrate vibrant living with Bold Summer Campaign: "Live Fully. Age Fearlessly." SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Research continues to demonstrate that an active, socially...
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, June 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Health Care Transformation Task Force (Task Force) – a group of leading health care payers, providers, purchasers, patient organizations, and value transformation partners –...
Evidence-based data from Alongside, K–12 platform, offers schools a safer path forward as AI use for emotional support rises. SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, June 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Alongside, a clinician-designed, AI-powered mental...
For immediate release: June 26, 2025 (25-083) Contact: DOH Communications OLYMPIA – State health officials suspended the credential of King County certified medical assistant Antonio Dailey (CM60924382) pending further legal action. On January 11,...
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Customers at Fred Meyer's 60 pharmacies across Washington can now receive free locking bags for their opioid prescriptions. The initiative is part of the Washington State HealthCare Authority's (HCA) effort to prevent opioid...
The Department of Justice’s 2025 national health care fraud investigation resulted in hundreds of defendants nationwide being criminally charged, including two cases in Washington. An anesthesiology resident at several Seattle hospitals had...
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - A Seattle, Washington man is riding his bike on the trans-American trail, in an effort to raise awareness and funds for ALS research. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that can cause the loss of motion. Timm Fenton with...
NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle switch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje was among nine first-round picks from last year's amateur draft selected Monday for the All-Star Futures Game at Atlanta's Truist Park on July 12. A 22-year-old from the Netherlands...
In a controversial move aimed at combating the state’s worsening opioid crisis, a Washington Health Care Authority advisory group has recommended that the state consider supplying addictive drugs directly to users to reduce overdoses and provide a...
Five years ago in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, a Black teenager was shot and killed in front of dozens of people. The killing and its aftermath — but not who was shooting — were caught on video, livestreamed to the world. The homicide...
Three years after Hannah Power told police that a man she met on Tinder had trafficked her at a hotel outside of Seattle, prosecutors have filed charges against her alleged trafficker for sexually exploiting her and three other women. Maziar...
WASHINGTON — State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department...
The deadline for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) to reach a new contract agreement with Christus Health is fast approaching. If a deal is not reached by the end of Monday, thousands of patients could lose in-network access to Christus...
DETROIT, Mich. (WNEM) – Several Michigan health care providers are facing charges after selling controlled substance prescriptions, according to the United State Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Michigan. On Monday, June 30, the United...
