More than 100 local governments in Washington are now eligible to claim their share of $122.2 million in settlements with Purdue Pharma and eight generic opioid manufacturers, the Washington state attorney general’s office said July 28.
A Richland-based international humanitarian organization that has provided orthopedic surgery and prosthetics to hundreds of thousands across the globe over the past 26 years has named a new leader.
As federal Medicaid cuts loom, consumer advocates are celebrating Washington’s new bill limiting hospital prices for state and public school employees.
A new dental facility will open in Kennewick next year to provide care and training to future dentists, thanks to a partnership between Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.
The so-called “big, beautiful bill” is expected to blow a multibillion-dollar hole into the state’s budget, and kick hundreds of thousands of residents off their insurance if they don’t prove they meet new requirements.
Customers at Fred Meyer’s 60 pharmacies in Washington, including the store’s Tri-Cities locations, now have access to free locking bags provided with opioid prescriptions.
Nurse practitioners are increasingly filling a gap that is expected to widen as the senior population explodes and the number of geriatricians declines.
U.S. senators from both parties are voicing concerns about how the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” could impact rural hospitals, including some in the region.
