Healthcare

5K organizers in Walla Walla, Washington, hope runners and walkers will overwhelm paths with their support. The run will raise scholarship money in honor of three healthcare workers who recently passed away.

(Runtime 59:40)In this hour, we look at the future of aging—and why we need to act now. As America’s population grows older, many communities may not be…

This is the first part of a two part series on Caregiving, inspired by the PBS documentary from executive producer Bradley Cooper titled, Caregiving. In this hour, an exploration of the invisible work of caregiving and how everyone will be giving or in need of care. What resources are available to caregivers and their families, friends and clients? Hear personal stories and solutions that communities can do to help those in need.

Actor Bradley Cooper's experience caring for his terminally ill father led him to produce a documentary called "Caregiving". Part of the film will be shown May 29 at the Lewiston City Library followed by a panel discussion.

(Runtime 00:49)A new law in Idaho gives health care professionals the right to refuse care based on personal beliefs or principles.It says, in part, that…

(Runtime 1:01)Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could have consequences for Washington state, hitting rural communities hard. More than 1.8 million residents…

After their contract ended on Halloween, nurses at Tacoma’s St. Joseph Medical Center spent a rainy Friday morning picketing outside the hospital.The nurses’ union, Washington State Nurses Association or WSNA, has been negotiating with hospital management since August. But Pamela Chandran, director of legal affairs for the union, said there are sticking points.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is circulating across Washington, with two cases reported in the student population at Washington State University on Tuesday.

If you’re under 18 in Idaho, a new state law says you can no longer get any kind of health care outside of emergency treatment without consent from a parent. NWPB’s Rachel Sun reports.

A couple of blocks off U.S. Route 12 in Walla Walla, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart has been treating people with substance use disorder for over a decade. But, for years, the nonprofit was unable to quickly offer a proven treatment for opioid use disorder: medication-assisted treatment.Staffers would have to arrange for patients to get an assessment with a trained substance use professional elsewhere to start the medication. Getting that assessment, and then, getting started on the medication, buprenorphine, used to take weeks.