Expert: Bertha's Woes Are No 'Big Dig'
The prospect of taking the State Route 99 tunneling machine known as Bertha offline for as much as half a year is not good news for the company...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleYouth Obesity Drops in King County For The First Time In Years
After years of flat rates, obesity among adolescents significantly dropped in King County between 2010 and 2012. Public health authorities credit...» E-Mail This
View ArticleVictims' Families Want Curbs On Gov's Ability To Halt Death Penalty
Family members of murder victims gathered in Olympia Wednesday to express anguish over Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to halt the state’s death penalty....» E-Mail This
View ArticleHarborview Officials Say They Will Not Close Or Relocate Primary Care Clinics
Officials overseeing Harborview Medical Center in Seattle have told staff by email they will not be closing or relocating the hospital’s clinics. The...» E-Mail This
View ArticleUW Team Invents Gesture Recognition Technology That Pulls Power From Thin Air
A University of Washington research team has developed technology that could let people control devices with hand gestures. And the sensor doesn’t use...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWash. Health Exchange Beefs Up Call Center For March Rush, Warns Of Long Hold...
Washington’s health insurance exchange has ramped up its customer-service call center in anticipation of a big surge in enrollments this month. But...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWashington's 'Pot Czar' Says Legal Marijuana Could Be Too Cheap
Washington and Colorado are embracing their role as “laboratories of democracy” when it comes to drug policy, but as Washington’s marijuana consultant...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWashington's 'Swift And Certain' Parole Reforms Getting Results And Attention
President Barack Obama wants to expand a program pioneered in Washington to reform probation and parole. The new state law dramatically changed its...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNasal Spray Antidote To Opiate Overdose To Be Widely Available On WSU Campus
Drug overdoses, mostly from opiates, are the leading cause of accidental death in America. But there is an antidote, and it may soon be much more widely...» E-Mail This
View Article5 Things A Local Journalist Wishes He Knew Before His Wife's Alzheimer's...
Consider the twin cruelties of having a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease: On the one hand, caring for him or her is non-stop responsibility, stress...» E-Mail This
View ArticleUW Researchers: Tiny-Brained Fruit Flies Are Top Gun Fliers
New research out of the University of Washington shows that an insect with a brain smaller than a salt grain can take complex evasive action in flight....» E-Mail This
View ArticleNew State Rules Could Limit Cheaper Health Plans With 'Narrow Networks'
The practice of offering relatively inexpensive health plans with bare-bones provider networks has created tension between making health care affordable...» E-Mail This
View ArticleSeattle Tunnel Partners: Bertha Won't Be Eating Dirt Again Until Next Year
Tunneling beneath downtown Seattle likely won’t resume for almost another year, according to Seattle Tunnel Partners, the company managing the project....» E-Mail This
View ArticleWash. Health Exchange Reports Strong Enrollment Numbers Despite Early Glitches
After a rocky start, Washington’s health benefits exchange is taking a victory lap. Officials say the exchange got the late surge in enrollments it was...» E-Mail This
View ArticleWSU Researchers Sift Spit For Evidence That Therapeutic Horse Programs Work
Horses have been used therapeutically for years, but new research from Washington State University provides some of the first scientific evidence that...» E-Mail This
View ArticleNew Wash. Rules Target Cheap Health Plans
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has signed off on new rules for health plans, shrugging off criticism from insurers and medical...» E-Mail This
View Article'Shivers Up My Spine': UW Scientists Take Big Step Toward Healing Damaged Hearts
Seattle researchers have taken a key step toward beating back the world’s leading cause of death by regrowing damaged heart tissue in monkeys....» E-Mail This
View Article9 Arrests, Scuffle Between Anarchist And Superhero During Seattle's May Day...
Seattle police arrested nine people during an unpermitted May Day march that involved a scuffle between an anarchist and a man dressed as a superhero,...» E-Mail This
View ArticleA 20-Minute Chat Might Help Boost Recovery For Patients With Brain Injuries
Spending just 20 minutes talking to a social worker might boost recovery from head injuries, and the benefits seem to last for months according to new...» E-Mail This
View ArticleMore Washington Nuclear Weapons Workers To Be Screened For Cancer
The federal government and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are offering free cancer screenings to a particular slice of the workforce: construction...» E-Mail This
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