Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans

Hospital systems say their Medicare Advantage plans can avert the upheavals of the private insurance market, giving patients ...
Washington State Department of Agriculture

State proposes springtime eradications to protect communities from invasive pests

Pest Program is proposing eradication projects for the spring of 2026 to eradicate spongy moth and Japanese beetle. The ...
KHQ

Track measles exposure in Washington with new health department tool

An online tool by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) helps people track measles exposures across the state.

Dr. Leizl Sapico: State must put data, plans into action to help new parents

Maternal mortality increased in Washington state in 2021–2022, the most recent data available. And the leading cause of ...
Columbia Basin Herald

Telebupe hotline open for same-day addiction care

The Washington State Department of Health has partnered with the University of Washington to expand the Washington Telesbuprenorphine Hotline to be available statewide. Also known as the Telebupe ...
nbcrightnow.com

Pasco City Council to discuss unlicensed vendors and public safety

The Pasco City Council is set to receive a presentation from the Benton Franklin Health District (BFHD), focusing on the rise ...

Current, former Secretaries of State object to proposed changes to initiative process

The bill Reed referred to, which brought the current and former top election official in the state to testify in opposition this week, would amend the state’s initiative process in a way opponents say ...