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Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, has long argued that "sex discrimination" protections in the Affordable Care Act aren't meant to encompass protections for transgender people. CREDIT: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration

Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.

Matthew, a 14-year-old who is autistic and nonverbal, watches YouTube and holds a fidget device. After being removed from his group home last September, Matthew was stuck in a hospital in Everett for more than five months while the state of Washington and advocates looked for appropriate placement options for him. He eventually ended up being sent to a treatment facility in South Carolina.

FOLLOW UP: After 5 Months Stuck In The Hospital, Washington Teen With Autism Sent To South Carolina Facility

The state of Washington is putting tens of millions of dollars into shoring up a fractured children’s mental health safety net. But it may come too late…

Tammie Corter with her son Tyler Groseclose who is severely autistic and non-verbal and a current client of Aacres Washington in Spokane. COURTESY TAMMIE CORTER

Washington Cancels Two More Contracts With In-Home Care Provider Following Scrutiny

The Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) announced the contract terminations Tuesday, the same day the state placed Aacres Washington LLC (Spokane) and Aacres Washington LLC (Spokane County #2) on provisional certification status “based on serious non-compliance with the law and regulations.”

Western State Hospital is Washington state's largest psychiatric facility. CREDIT: AUSTIN JENKINS / NORTHWEST NEWS NETWORK

Western State Hospital Nurses Sign No-Confidence Petition Over Attacks By Psychiatric Patients

In the wake of three serious patient-on-staff assaults, more than 150 nurses at Washington's Western State Hospital have signed a "no-confidence" letter calling for the replacement of the psychiatric hospital's chief nursing officer Karen Pitman and her deputies.

In this June 11, 2017 file photo, Equality March for Unity and Pride participants march past the White House in Washington. The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. That reverses a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Monday that LGBTQ people should have the same access to health care as everyone else. T(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care

Gay and transgender people will be protected from discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, effectively reversing a Trump-era rule that went into effect last year.

Most flavored e-cigarette cartridges will have to be pulled from the market in a move the government is stressing is not a ban. CREDIT: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Federal Government Cracks Down On Some Flavored Vaping Products

The federal government is taking action to pull many flavored products popular with kids off the market. Public health advocates say the move doesn't go far enough.

The Senate voted Wednesday, March 24, 2021 to confirm Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote is a history-making one: Levine is the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.

Rachel Levine Makes History As 1st Openly Trans Federal Official Confirmed By Senate

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote is a history-making one: Levine is the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.

rander Goods will open on April 1 at 100 E. Main St. in Pullman, in the space that once occupied Manny's Coffee House and Café Moro

More Options For Healthy Food At Lower Costs In Pullman

By Jacqueline Thomasson/Murrow News A new natural market hopes to bring a modern twist to Pullman.Grander Goods will offer bulk items that include…

Cantwell dice que Washington necesita más recursos para enfrentar crisis de MMIP

En una conferencia de prensa realizada en el Seattle Indian Health Board, dirigentes tribales, familiares de personas desaparecidas y la senadora estadounidense Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) afirmaron que se necesitan más recursos federales para abordar la crisis de las personas indígenas desaparecidas y asesinadas en el estado de Washington. La conferencia tuvo lugar el 5 de mayo, Día Nacional de Concientización sobre Personas Indígenas Desaparecidas o Asesinadas (MMIP).

Cantwell says Washington needs more resources to address MMIP crisis

Tribal leaders, family members, and Democrat U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell from Washington asked President Biden for more federal resources to address the missing and murdered indigenous women and people crisis in Washington.

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