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The World Health Organization called the COVID-19 viral disease a pandemic Wednesday. Here, workers in Spain place a medical mask on a figure that was to be part of the Fallas festival in Valencia. The festival has been canceled over the coronavirus outbreak. Alberto Saiz/AP

Coronavirus: COVID-19 Is Now Officially A Pandemic, WHO Says

It's the first time the WHO has called an outbreak a pandemic since the H1N1 "swine flu" in 2009.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - World Health Organization head

'Everything Broke': Global Health Leaders On What Went Wrong In The Pandemic

How to make sure the world is never so devastated by another pandemic? Health officials from around the globe have been vigorously discussing that question over the past week at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's Executive Board. The members, whose nine-day-long, mostly virtual gathering concludes on Tuesday, have heard recommendations from four separate panels.

People in mental health crisis can be lodged for days on a gurney in a hallway, like these at Olympia's St. Peter Hospital emergency room, because there's nowhere else to go. TOM BANSE / N3

Those Experiencing Mental Health Crisis Find Themselves Stuck In ER, With Nowhere Else To Go

Some psychiatric patients are spending not just hours in the emergency room, but days or a week. They're living there in the ER because there is nowhere else to send them. Northwest policymakers are now making it a priority to create more treatment capacity for people in mental health and addiction crises.

A stretch of road between snow-dusted hills and gray steel guardrails stretches in front of a dashboard and rear-view mirror of a car. The picture is taken as if the photographer were sitting in the back seat of a car.

Northwest Abortion Access Fund reports nearly doubled expenses following Dobbs decision

(Runtime 0:52)The costs of support for abortion care nearly doubled between 2021 and 2022, according to data from the Northwest Abortion Access Fund…

Amy Pratt personally collected more than 1,000 signatures to help get Proposition 2 on the ballot. It's the first time she's been politically active and she has no plans of stopping. CREDIT: JAMES DAWSON / BSPR

Idaho’s Proposition 2 Puts Medicaid Expansion To Voters After State Lawmakers Refused

After years of inaction by the Idaho legislature on the state's healthcare gap, Proposition 2 on the state ballot gives Idahoans the chance to say whether they want Medicaid expansion -- a proposal endorsed by outgoing Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter.

A Black man wearing a suit jacket over grey, plaid button down with a flower-patterned tie looks directly toward the camera.

Pullman Regional to welcome first medical residents this spring

After almost a decade of groundwork, Pullman Regional Hospital will welcome its first three family medicine residents this June.

Unsecured rugs are one of the common tripping hazards that can put seniors at risk of falls in their home. (Credit: August Frank / The Lewiston Tribune)

Fall prevention: Stay fit and fall-free

How to spot risk factors and how to prevent falls before they happen

The New Year Brings More Transparency In Hospital Prices With New Federal Health Care Rule

The Trump administration's rule, which goes into effect this month, was made possible in part through the efforts of Cynthia Fisher, the founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org. Patients from across the United States have told "stories of being blindsided by outrageous medical bills," Fisher told NPR's Weekend Edition. "This is the win to put affordable into the Affordable Care Act. It's golden."

A CHAS homeless outreach worker talks with an unhoused person in Spokane, Washington. Photo courtesy CHAS Health employee Matt Grebe.

CHAS Staff Say Unhoused Patients Need More Affordable Housing, Mental Health Services

From left: John Huckabay; mother Susan Huckabay; sister Kathy Williams; Kathy’s husband, Rich Williams; Scott Green, University of Idaho president; and Jeff Seegmiller, Idaho WWAMI program dean. Courtesy Brad Martin/University of Idaho

Huckabay family donates additional $2 million for rural medical education

(Runtime 0:43) The University of Idaho’s largest endowment was gifted an additional $2 million in September from the Huckabay family to support medical…

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