Health Care

Richland native has hand in development of new cancer drug
Jackie Tyler Jackie Tyler knew in high school that she wanted to help cure diseases. But...

Palliative care is a missing link in health care
When you receive a serious diagnosis, you may feel like you have an impossible decision to make. Do I seek...

New owner bets big on health care, pickleball at Pacific Clinic
Pacific Clinic, the sprawling fitness and health facility formerly known as the Tri-City Court Club, has a new owner and...

Rising costs delay plans for fourth CBHA clinic
Columbia Basin Health Association is coming to Pasco. The small health system, which operates clinics in Othello, Connell and Mattawa,...

Campaign underway to get life-saving medication in everyone’s hands
Overdose prevention could be viewed as the new CPR: the Benton-Franklin Health District wants everyone to be prepared and know...

Health care sector continues to grow, but is health of population improving?
In prior years, this column’s annual look at health care in the greater Tri-Cities has treated the sector as a...

Trainer motivates seniors to keep moving to stay fit
Claude Hafez Personal trainer Claude Hafez believes most everyone can move and she won’t take “no”...

Prosser Memorial to break ground on $78 million hospital complex
Prosser Memorial Health plans to break ground this spring on a $78 million hospital complex on 33 acres north of...