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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 University field day to cover latest tree fruit research
Capital Press - Oregon
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July 7, 2025
Published 2:15 pm Monday, July 7, 2025 The Sunrise Research Farm Field Day, hosted by Washington State University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service, is set for 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24.The free event at the WSU site will...
Tacoma’s homeless healthcare program is up and running. Is it what was promised?
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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A Tacoma program intended to provide healthcare services and resources to the unhoused is operational after a slow start, but the program is still months away from full capacity. In October 2024, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD)...
Personnel Shortages Continue to Plague Hospital Pharmacies
U.S. Pharmacist - New Jersey
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Seattle—Hospital pharmacy departments continue to face many challenges, especially personnel shortages, according to a recent survey. Recently published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, the 2024 ASHP National Survey of Pharmacy...
Clinical Insights Into Human Metapneumovirus
U.S. Pharmacist - New Jersey
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US Pharm. 2025;50(7/8):31-36. ABSTRACT: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is an underrecognized respiratory pathogen that primarily affects young children, older adults, and persons with a weakened immune system. Since its discovery in 2001, hMPV has...
Pramila Jayapal criticizes GOP actions on public broadcasting, ICE detentions, and health care
Seattle City Wire - Washington State
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July 18, 2025
U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, who serves Washington’s 7th district, posted a series of statements on July 18, 2025, addressing recent legislative actions and her policy initiatives.In her first post at 14:10 UTC, Jayapal commented on the...
How Medicaid Cuts Could Impact Washington Hospitals and Residents
KONA - Washington State
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July 18, 2025
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray warned Friday that 14 hospitals in her home state of Washington may close due to Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. President Donald Trump signed the roughly...
Senator Patty Murray warns of health care impact from reconciliation bill
FOX 11 and 41 - Washington State
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July 18, 2025
SEATTLE, Wash. – Senator Patty Murray held a press conference discussing the potential impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on health care access. She emphasized the damaging effects of the new law, which was signed on July 4, 2025, by...
Seattle Public Library gets $450K to boost English-language classes
Cascade PBS - Washington
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July 14, 2025
If you’re looking for a place to learn English, a library might not be the most obvious choice. In fact, said Seattle Public Library community engagement and economic development services manager Kristina Darnell, people often wonder why they’d...
Trump cuts could leave 250,000 Washingtonians without health coverage, shutter rural hospitals
KUOW 94.9 - Washington State
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July 18, 2025
State leaders and hospital officials say the so-called Big Beautiful Bill signed into law earlier this month by President Donald Trump could impact the access of hundreds of thousands of Washington residents to health care, especially in rural...
Access local resources at Lynnwood’s mobile outreach event
Lynnwood Today - Washington State
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July 26, 2025
by Ashley Nash Posted: July 25, 2025 0 (File photo) The Lynnwood Library is hosting Washington State Department of Social Health and Services’ mobile outreach van on the third Thursday of each month — connecting residents with local resources...
Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Receives Conditional Marketing Authorization in GYN Subtypes
Cancer Network - New Jersey
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July 25, 2025
Mirvetuximab soravtansine (Elahere) has been granted conditional marketing authorization by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for patients with folate receptor-alpha–positive, platinum-resistant high-grade serous...
What to know about the August 5 primaries for Seattle Public Schools school board
Ballotpedia
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July 18, 2025
Four seats on the seven-member Seattle Public Schools school board in Washington are up for election on Nov. 4, 2025. Three are up for regular election and one is up for special election. A primary is scheduled for Aug. 5, 2025. The filing...
Washington state officials blast Trump’s bill that governor says is ‘only beautiful to billionaires’
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Ann Duan / The Bellingham Herald (TNS) Washington’s elected officials reacted to Thursday’s passage of President Trump’s enormous tax and spending bill. The “big beautiful bill” will legislate trillions in tax breaks and corporate tax cuts while...
Fred Hutch leads national study on 'multi-cancer' blood test | HealthLink
KING 5 - Washington State
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July 19, 2025
The clinical trial will look into the effectiveness of a blood test that can detect many types of cancers at once. SEATTLE — Doctors use blood tests to figure out cholesterol levels, blood sugar, and certain infections. But what if there's a blood...
Left-wing activist arrested in brutal attack on reporter at anti-ICE protest in Seattle
The Blaze
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July 18, 2025
The attack on a right-wing independent reporter at a Seattle anti-ICE protest has led to the arrest of a man who denies he is affiliated with Antifa but admits to being a left-wing activist. Jeremy Lawson, 33, made a court appearance on Thursday...
WSU veterinary hospital closes to large ag animal emergencies, after hours
Capital Press - Oregon
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July 18, 2025
Published 1:20 pm Friday, July 18, 2025 Grand Coulee, Wash., veterinarian Dr. Marlene Poe tends to some of her own animals on her Hartline, Wash., ranch the evening of June 14. Poe balances both small animal and large animal practices in a rural...
‘Gasoline on the fire’: Maine hospitals concerned about charity care expansion and Medicaid cuts
The Maine Monitor
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July 18, 2025
Editor’s Note: The following story first appeared in The Maine Monitor’s free health care newsletter, Health Monitor, that is delivered to inboxes every other Thursday. Sign up for the free newsletter to stay informed of Maine health care news. A...
National links: Walkers beat the bus in Seattle
Greater Greater Washington
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July 18, 2025
King County Metro Route 8 bus by Han Zheng licensed under Creative Commons. In a race against the bus, walkers in Seattle won by five minutes. 182 people have died on the Brightline train system since 2018. A stone-carving startup hopes to make...
Victim airlifted to hospital after being struck by suspect fleeing Tumwater police
KING 5 - Washington State
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July 18, 2025
The suspect was driving a stolen vehicle and left one of the victims with "critical injuries," police said. TUMWATER, Wash. — A person was airlifted to a Seattle hospital Friday after their vehicle was struck by a suspected DUI suspect who was...