Health

The future of East Adams Rural Healthcare remains precarious, according to a state auditor’s report released this week.

Construction has begun on Inland Imaging’s comprehensive Breast Health Center in downtown Spokane.

Mysterious bouts of intense vomiting may be caused by frequent marijuana use, health officials warn.

The largest insurance provider in Idaho announced this week that it is seeking a state investigation into how a new hospital in Post Falls is billing its patients by using an arbitration process that it claims has inflated patients' medical costs.

Officials at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center announced Thursday that those seeking heart transplants must go elsewhere. 

East Adams Rural Healthcare plans to slim down its services to stay open and retain emergency health care in Ritzville.

RITZVILLE – Nearly 200 residents packed into a small community meeting room Saturday in hopes of learning how they might save their small town hospital amid allegations of financial fraud from former administrators and lax board oversight.

Incoming Spokane Councilwoman Sarah Dixit defeated incumbent Jonathan Bingle by 156 votes in Spokane’s northeast council district.

Washington Sen. Patty Murray is calling on the Department of Defense to clean up PFAS at Fairchild Air Force Base sooner rather than later.

Ritzville’s East Adams Rural Health Care is in dire financial straits as the hospital considers laying off the majority of its workforce or closing entirely.

Spokane has seen its first influenza death of the cold and flu season.

For the past few years, Spokane family physician Gretchen LaSalle has participated in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workgroup determining national RSV vaccine policy.

The state’s Women Infants and Children Nutrition Program will not have the money to offer people benefits if the federal government’s shutdown continues past late November, a state health official said.

While prepping Halloween costumes, Spokanites should also get a flu shot while stopping by their local pharmacy, according to local health experts.

Amid a budget crunch, a position focused on health equity has been eliminated from the Spokane Regional Health District.

From chamomile and lavender to hops, people have long experimented with natural products to get better sleep. Now that marijuana is legal in many states for medical or recreational use, it may mean that more people are using it for this purpose. Some 18% of people ages 19 to 30 in the United States say they use marijuana to sleep, a recent study showed.

If you are trying to get pregnant, it might be time to improve your diet.