As federal Medicaid cuts loom, consumer advocates are celebrating Washington’s new bill limiting hospital prices for state and public school employees.
A new dental facility will open in Kennewick next year to provide care and training to future dentists, thanks to a partnership between Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.
The so-called “big, beautiful bill” is expected to blow a multibillion-dollar hole into the state’s budget, and kick hundreds of thousands of residents off their insurance if they don’t prove they meet new requirements.
Customers at Fred Meyer’s 60 pharmacies in Washington, including the store’s Tri-Cities locations, now have access to free locking bags provided with opioid prescriptions.
Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling a gap that is expected to widen as the senior population explodes and the number of geriatricians declines.
U.S. senators from both parties are voicing concerns about how the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” could impact rural hospitals, including some in the region.
The Benton-Franklin Health District is calling on business leaders across the region to support the 2025 Community Health Survey, now open through June 30.
The new treatment system at Kadlec Tri-Cities Cancer Center in Kennewick combines high-resolution imaging with advanced radiation therapy to treat cancer patients as well as those with non-cancerous conditions.
Learn more about research into the aging brain at our virtual event from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, featuring the Allen Institute and the UW’s Memory & Brain Wellness Center.