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Trump’s New Tax Law Could Create Insurmountable Hurdles for LGBTQ Health Care
Truthout
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July 19, 2025
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This story was originally published by The 19th. Millions of Americans are expected to lose health care coverage through President...
Suspect wanted out of King County causes crash in Thurston County; one airlifted to hospital
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS) One person was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after an 18-year-old man wanted in King County struck vehicles in the intersection of Capital and Tumwater boulevards in Tumwater on Friday morning....
Benadryl linked to crippling DISEASE: Doctors issue warning to age group at highest risk
Daily Mail
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July 19, 2025
Millions of Americans take Benadryl every year to relieve allergies, but doctors have uncovered a shocking link between the medication and a devastating disease. Benadryl's active drug diphenhydramine blocks receptors for histamine, an...
2 motorcyclists die in separate Washington state wrecks
OregonLive.com
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July 12, 2025
A motorcyclist traveling southbound on Interstate 5 north of Vancouver lost control as he tried to exit, crashed and died early Saturday, Washington State Patrol said. Randel W. Miller, 40, of Battle Ground, died at the scene just before 2 a.m....
Driver hurt in crash involving 4 trucks on SR-503 in Cowlitz County
FOX 12 - Oregon
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July 26, 2025
COWLITZ CO. Wash. (KPTV) - A driver was hurt in a crash involving three pickup trucks and a commercial truck in Cowlitz County on State Route 503 on Friday, according to the Washington State Patrol. According to WSP, the crash happened shortly...
How Latinos in Washington state are coping with ICE crackdowns: 'I don't really have time for therapy'
Nisqually Valley News - Washington State
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July 12, 2025
By Monica Carrillo-Casas / Murrow News Alejandra Guzman-Mercado was just weeks away from graduating college – the first in her family to do so – when a judge denied her father’s request to remain in the United States and ordered his deportation....
Seattle Area Feline Rescue earns national recognition
Queen Anne & Magnolia News - Washington State
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SEATTLE — Seattle Area Feline Rescue, a non-profit, no-kill rescue that takes in homeless cats and kittens, gives them the care they need to recover, and finds them loving homes, maintained no-kill in 2024, according to Best Friends Animal...
Washington state targets the confessional seal
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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One of Prague’s well-known landmarks is the statue of St. John Nepomucene, which stands on the Charles Bridge overlooking the Vltava River. A priest in the city in the late 14th century, John Nepomucene (also known as John of Nepomuk) became...
Seattle Public Utilities announces sewer smoke testing in Arbor Heights for leak detection
Westside Seattle - Washington State
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Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is set to begin sewer inspections using a method called "smoke testing" in West Seattle’s Arbor Heights Neighborhood, with work scheduled from late July through the end of August 2025. This initiative is part of...
5 Tech Stocks That Could Help Set You Up for Life
Yahoo Finance
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Palantir has the opportunity to grow into one of the world's largest AI companies. IonQ could be a huge winner if quantum computing becomes the next big computing shift. SoundHound, AppLovin, and GitLab all have potentially huge opportunities in...
Health, Not Handcuffs, Are the Path to Ending Opioid Crisis | Opinion
Newsweek
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July 14, 2025
There's reason to be optimistic about America's drug overdose crisis. Recent CDC data show that drug overdose deaths declined by 27 percent last year. This dramatic drop in overdose deaths offers hope, but it must be a catalyst, not a conclusion....
Saturday Special: How King County Health teaches through comic books
KUOW 94.9 - Washington State
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July 19, 2025
Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… King County’s health department has published innovative and educational comic strips about public health issues for more than 15 years. The county hires local comics artists to tackle...
Real-World Benefits of Bimekizumab for Psoriatic Arthritis, AxSpA, with Philip Mease, MD
HCPLive
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Bimekizumab has continued to demonstrate sustained improvements in disease control and symptoms in people with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and active axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) in long term follow-up data.1,2,3,4 These findings were presented...
Teen Did 13 Cartwheels on the Beach, Then She Went Blind
Newsweek
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July 26, 2025
What began as a lighthearted moment among friends turned into a months-long ordeal for Deborah Cobb of Seattle, when cartwheels on the beach left her unable to see. "I decided to see how many cartwheels I could do in a row just for fun," Cobb, now...
Olympia council OKs plan for Thurston County to take over municipal court services
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian (TNS) The Olympia City Council last week unanimously approved an interlocal agreement with Thurston County transferring the city’s municipal court services to the county’s district court system. Mayor Dontae Payne said...
Washington state households can’t afford basics, even if they’re not poor, report says
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Jessica Fu / The Seattle Times (TNS) Over a quarter of households in Washington earn more than the federal poverty threshold but still struggle to afford necessities like housing, child care, transportation and more, according to a recent report...
These new Washington laws take effect July 27
Herald - Washington State
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July 25, 2025
Funding for more police officers, parking requirements for new housing and penalties for littering. These are just a few of the issues covered by 333 new Washington state laws set to take effect Sunday. July 27 marks 90 days since the end of the...
Foundation donates $1 million to hospital
Peninsula Daily News - Washington State
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July 19, 2025
PORT ANGELES — More than $1 million donated by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation will go to OMC programs that aim to increase health care providers and support the patients of the pediatric clinic and cancer center. The Olympic Medical Center...
Washington state committee distances from drug use work group’s ‘buyers club’ suggestion
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square Washington’s Substance Use Recovery Services Advisory Committee, or SURSAC, is distancing itself from recent recommendations made by a subset work group that included having the state set up a “buyers club”...
High pay, low test scores: Washington state teachers earn most when adjusted for cost of living
Nisqually Valley News - Washington State
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July 12, 2025
By Carleen Johnson / The Center Square Washington state ranks highest in the nation for adjusted pay among elementary, middle and high school teachers, according to USAFacts, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the...