The delta variant made up the majority of variant cases sequenced in the last two weeks of June in Washington.

"It just makes it that much harder to maintain relationships when you're kind of feeling left behind because people are getting pregnant and having kids all around you and you're not," Laura Spencer, 39, said. "You don't really know where you belong."

Q. My doctor says I have pre-diabetes. I have read your columns about the advantages of Ceylon cinnamon for people with diabetes. Would this help me with my pre-diabetes? Ceylon cinnamon is difficult to find. Would Saigon cinnamon work, as well?

After a continuous decline in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations since the end of May, Spokane County’s progress appears to have halted and possibly reversed course.

It was a deadly year for overdoses in Spokane County, with the region recording the highest number of total overdose deaths in 2020 since 2016.

With the early start of this year’s fire season, it is important to support respiratory health as we endure poor air conditions.

The University of Washington was selected as one of a dozen sites nationwide that will test Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

The Providence Spokane Neuroscience Institute is using a new $1.5 million Globus Medical ExcelsiusGPS robot for spine surgeries. The system combines surgical GPS navigation and robotic guidance to improve the accuracy of drilling and screw placement.

If you’re interested in staying healthy as you age – and living longer – you might want to add a different set of muscles to your workout routine: your creative ones. Ongoing research suggests that creativity may be key to healthy aging.

LONDON – After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed that they would be free to travel this summer to a European destination of their choice. They were wrong.

State health officials said the vaccine lottery, which will award $1 million to the grand-prize winner this week, helped boost interest in the COVID-19 vaccine. While it took a couple weeks longer than hoped, the state finally hit the stated goal of 70% of eligible Washington residents 16 and older having at least one shot.

I talk a lot about living longer. Why? Because I’m an older guy. I’m 73. I used to hate when my father said he was a Super Senior. He liked to boast, in a friendly manner, that he still worked. He did right up to the day he died at the ripe old age of 87.

Not long ago, you wrote about toenails that were too thick to clip. I've had this problem and use a wide-jaw toenail clipper by Mehaz. It does the trick. Not all hard, thick toenails are caused by fungal infections. I've been dealing with this for seven years.

After a long self-quarantine, Joan Lee simply wanted to go out to a nice meal. A friend visiting her in Spokane meant a chance to enjoy a dinner without thoughts about her cancer or other health issues. But the choice of where to eat proved daunting.

The COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates in Spokane County continue to decline.

Toni Lodge founded the NATIVE Project from the ground up, investing in the urban Indian community in Spokane for decades.

Mental health professionals in Spokane could soon respond to certain 911 calls without a police officer at their side.