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Drawn-out overhaul of troubled Montana hospital leaves lawmakers in limbo
Montana lawmakers are grappling with what they can do to improve patient care and operations at the state's psychiatric hospital since realizing that the efforts underway to restore the troubled ...
Washington legislators consider universal health care
The Washington Health Trust, a statewide initiative for universal health care, is supporting proposals introduced in both the Senate and House (House Bill 1445 and Senate Bill 5233), according to a ...
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‘CODE RED’: Washington blood banks in ‘alarming’ need of blood
The Washington State Department of Health issued a “code red” for blood donations on Jan. 29, as blood supplies reach ...
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Washington's hospital system is financially 'fragile' despite improvements
Despite the improvement to hospitals' financial health, a survey from the Washington State Hospital Association found 70% of ...
Dozens killed in India's Kumbh festival stampede
Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions ...
Washington state hospitals lose nearly $400 million in first nine months of 2024, Providence loses $66 million in Spokane area
Hospitals in Spokane continued to bleed tens of millions of dollars last year – even as the losses slowed from those of 2023.
Health care worker assault law could see reform this year
The bill would exempt mental health patients from a special charge that automatically felonizes minor offenses against ...
Hundreds of teddy bears donated to Washington State hospital for families grieving infant loss
Labor and delivery nurses at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup are overwhelmed with gratitude after the community ...
What ending birthright citizenship could look like in the U.S.
Legal experts say the undocumented population would grow and that all Americans would be impacted if Trump’s order ending ...
Suspects in fatal Vermont Border Patrol agent shooting identified, documents show
Court documents obtained by NBC5 identify the suspect accused of shooting and killing Border Patrol Agent David Maland.
In wake of Steward collapse, new state law takes aim at private equity in health care
The first-in-the-nation legislation prohibits hospitals from selling their primary campus to outside investors and ...
Washington woman faces weapon charges in connection to Vermont Border Patrol agent's fatal shooting
Washington state woman Teresa Youngblut arrested by FBI for the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland in ...