Despite lower numbers than other age groups, seniors are seeing an increased rate of STIs. Photo courtesy August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune Listen (Runtime 3:21) Read High blood pressure, diabetes and… Continue Reading Killing the mood: Read More
A student walks in front of the University of Idaho Administration Building Friday evening. Photo by Rachel Sun Listen (Runtime 3:29) Read The University of Idaho is facing backlash from… Continue Reading UI Read More
Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read Idaho currently has about 9,000 unfilled health care positions, according to a report by the Idaho Business for Education. In that report, the group published recommendations… Continue Reading Idaho Group Read More
The Idaho state flags hangs in the rotunda of the statehouse in Boise. CREDIT: James Dawson/BSPR Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read A federal judge has blocked part of Idaho’s near-total abortion… Continue Reading Judge Orders Injunction Read More
The Garfield County Hospital District’s main building uses a boiler from an old steam ship for their heating, and swamp coolers as the main form of air conditioning. Staff say… Continue Reading Hospital’s Plan Takes Aim at New Read More
An ambulance pulls out of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center on Friday morning in Lewiston. The hospital, a fixture in Lewiston for more than 100 years, was sold to a… Continue Reading Read More
Kimberly Starr’s son, Tom, died by suicide when he was in high school. Kimberly now does prevention outreach to help others. Listen (Runtime 2:26) Read It is common for people… Continue Reading Mental Health First Aid Should Be As Common As CPRRead More
A new report by the pharmaceutical provider NiceRx ranked Washington and Idaho sixth and seventh respectively for states with the highest prevalence of mental health problems. It ranked each state… Continue Reading Analysis Ranks Read More
An ultrasound machine sits beside an exam table at WISH Medical in Moscow. Photo by Rachel Sun Listen As Idaho — and the nation — approach restricting abortion rights, two… Continue Reading Evaluating The Role Of Religiously Based Sexual Read More
CHAS Staff Say Unhoused Patients Need More Affordable Housing, Mental Health Services Continue Reading CHAS Staff Say Unhoused Patients Need More Affordable Housing, Mental Health ServicesRead More
Matt Forge was named Pullman Regional Hospital’s incoming CEO After more than a year of searching, the Pullman Regional Hospital Board of Commissioners has named Matt Forge the incoming Chief… Continue Reading Pullman Regional Names Incoming CEORead More
Local Health Care Provider Says Rate Of Homeless Patients Increased During Pandemic Continue Reading Local Health Care Provider Says Rate Of Homeless Patients Increased During PandemicRead More
Cornelia Kirchhoff is the assistant director at the Washington State University Psychology Clinic. She’s noticed a significant increase in the number of people seeking ADHD testing in the past year. Continue Reading Long Wait Times, Provider Shortages Read More
A fundraiser is planned to raise needed money for modernization at Pullman Regional Hospital Listen Rachel Sun reports on efforts to raise money to modernize Pullman Regional Hospital / Runtime… Continue Reading Fundraising To Modernize Pullman Read More
Two years after its creation, recommendations by the Idaho Behavioral Health Council are on their way to the Legislature this year. Some of that legislation includes a goal to streamline the civil commitment process, says State Senator David Nelson of Moscow. Read More
Idaho reached record levels of COVID-19 testing positivity at 38.8% last week, said Christine Hahn, state epidemiologist at a press briefing Tuesday. Continue Reading Idaho hits record for COVID-19 positivityRead More
Northwest Public Broadcasting (NWPB) is the recipient of a 2021 Impact Grant from Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Foundation. The grant award supports a new full-time position: a Lewis-Clark Valley Healthcare Reporting… Continue Read More
For those seeking routine health care services in the Palouse and Lewis Clark Valley, affording those services is often out of reach. Continue Reading A Lack Of Affordable Health Care In The Lewis Clark Valley And On The Read More
By Julie Appleby Patients are months away from not having to worry about most surprise medical bills — those extra costs that can amount to hundreds or thousands of dollars… Continue Reading Coming Soon, A Surprise Billing Read More
Those who have savings have to decide if they should dip into their accounts early, potentially eating away at funds they'd earmarked for later. Others are having to calculate how starting to receive their Social Security payments earlier than planned could reduce their checks in the future. Read More
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 Read More
Deaths from COVID-19 have jumped nearly 40% this week, and hospitals around the country are straining under their patient load. Here's what happened in the first week after Thanksgiving. Continue Reading Read More
An online survey conducted out of Whitman College found more than half of Washingtonians say they have delayed medical visits this year. The findings underscore widespread concerns about disruptions to health care during the pandemic. Read More
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. Continue Reading Transgender Health Read More
Dr. Ali Khan, former director of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response at the CDC, discusses what the U.S. needs to do to soften the impact of a second wave of COVID-19. Continue Reading Former CDC Official Read More
What types of tests are available for the coronavirus, and how accurate are they? Here's a handy guide to the field. Continue Reading How Reliable Are COVID-19 Tests? Depends Which One You MeanRead More
As COVID-19 spreads in detention, ICE documents shared with NPR reveal new details about the health care provided to two immigrants who died in 2017. Those facilities now face coronavirus outbreaks. Continue Reading Internal ICE Read More
Idaho nursing homes have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with at least 150 cases reported at 16 different long-term care facilities in the state. So far, at least 26 people at such facilities have died from COVID-19. Continue Reading Read More
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election. The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest. Read More
Two proposals in the Washington Legislature are taking aim at surpluses amassed from health insurers. Continue Reading Big Insurers Rack Up Billions In Surpluses, Now Lawmakers May Take A Bite Of The PieRead More
Montana recently passed a law that, if it gains federal approval and goes into effect as planned in January, would require many Medicaid recipients to prove they work a set number of hours each month. Continue Reading Seasonal Ranch Read More
Health inequities are getting worse, according to new research. Factors like income, race and gender are playing a larger role in health outcomes than they did 25 years ago. Continue Reading The Gap Between Rich And Poor Americans’ Health Is Read More
A federal agency issued a proposed rule Friday that rolls back Obama-era protections for transgender patients. Advocates for transgender people say the rule leaves them vulnerable to discrimination. Continue Reading Trump Read More
In a year already marked by a wide variety of congressional health care legislation, Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Thursday released the details of a plan they hope will help bring down health costs and eliminate surprise medical bills for patients. Read More
A letter from the Department of Justice announced the shift, in support of a district court judge's ruling that the law is unconstitutional. The case will likely end up in the Supreme Court. Continue Reading With Read More
Coping with the financial fallout of cancer is exhausting — and nerve-wracking. But the worst part, one patient says, is that it's unexpected. Cancer patients are 2.65 times more likely to file for bankruptcy than those without cancer, and bankruptcy puts them at a higher risk for early death, according to research. Read More
Senators called pharmaceutical industry leaders to account for the high costs of medicine during a Senate hearing. The executives deflected blame to insurance companies and middlemen. Continue Reading Pharmaceutical Company CEOs Face Read More
President Trump praised the ruling by a court in Texas as supporters of the ACA said they will appeal. Continue Reading Federal Judge Strikes Down Affordable Care Act As UnconstitutionalRead More
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. Read More
Everyone survived, but Laurie would never be the same again. She had suffered a severe brain injury that left her in a coma-like state for nearly a month. When Laurie emerged from the coma, her personality had changed — a common effect of traumatic brain injuries. Read More
‘Dentistry For Good’ Tri-Cities dentist Bart Roach decided to set up a dental clinic in El Paredon after a brief visit to pass out toothbrushes. He saw how badly people… Continue Reading ‘Dentistry For Good’Read More
A Washington House committee took up a bill today that could mean a chance to access health care for Pacific Islanders who live in Washington.
The bill applies to U.S. residents who come from the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau. Continue Read More
TAXREBATE.ORG.UK Listen If you buy individual health insurance through Washington’s Health Benefit Exchange get ready for sticker shock. Rates will go up by an average of 24 percent next year.… Continue Reading Health Premiums To Rise An Read More
Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says insurance premiums are going to rise by double digits in 2018. Listen People who buy individual health insurance in Washington state can expect… Continue Read More
The Democratic governors of Washington and Oregon are condemning the Republican vote in the U.S. Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Continue Reading Northwest Governors Condemn House Republican Healthcare VoteRead More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is calling the Republican healthcare plan in Congress “a disaster.” Inslee made his comments Wednesday as new projections on the impact to the state were released. Continue Reading Inslee Calls Republican Healthcare Plan Read More
A program at Pullman Regional Hospital is using the power of music to tap deep into the memories of dementia patients. Music & Memory is a national program that brings digital music to elderly… Continue Reading Unlocking The Mind With MusicRead More
Revenda Bebawi, a military dentist based in Stuttgart, Germany, helps comfort a nervous child during a free dental clinic in El Paredon, Guatemala. Dentists from around the world traveled… Continue Reading ‘Dentistry For Good’ In Guatemala, Read More
Washington State University students were among those charged incorrect rates by Unicare Life and Health Insurance. PUBLIC DOMAIN / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington state insurance commissioner… Continue Reading Insurer Fined Read More
