About 30 visitors stopped by the event “Recovery Starts Today!” — and several signed up for treatment for substance use disorder.
Short-staffing is prompting an exodus of nurses. Health care workers in Everett are demanding solutions in Olympia.
The food bank served 14,000 people in 2022, an increase of 36% from the previous year.
A bill in Olympia would increase Medicaid rates, wages to bolster skilled nursing facilities.
Snohomish County health care leaders shared what they’re concerned about when the federal emergency expires May 11.
Doctors and nurse practitioners are worried about providers being shut out from clinical decisions, which hurts patient care.
In places like Gold Bar, people can get their food assistance card immediately from the DSHS mobile office, a truck.
Meanwhile, flu and RSV cases have plummeted, suggesting the “tripledemic” could — emphasis on “could” — be fading.
State agencies, health plans and clinics are urging people to update their contact information.
Nurses say the medical-telemetry unit recently had ratios of one nurse per eight patients — twice as many as they should have.
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier toured the new center Friday, where veterans can get primary care and a growing list of specialty services close to home.
Everett libraries and Snohomish County have partnered to train people on how to use naloxone, in an effort to reverse overdoses.
Patients and families will have to go to Bellingham or Kirkland for similar care. Employees will be offered other positions.
When The Everett Clinic acquired Eastside, rates increased 50%, according to court filings.
The Everett Clinic has apparently turned away patients with Regence coverage, despite the provisions of a public health emergency.
We’ve gathered some of the year’s most important health stories for Snohomish County.
Dozens of retirees will lose access to PEBB insurance on Jan. 1, which they learned in letters sent around Thanksgiving.
