Arielle Dreher

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‘There’s a need for more’: Five years later, MultiCare plans to keep expanding access to primary care

Wed., May 11, 2022

It’s been five years since MultiCare entered the health care market in Spokane County, purchasing Deaconess and Valley Hospitals from Community Health Systems halfway through 2017 and turning the vast majority of the region’s care into a nonprofit landscape.

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As pandemic ends, state works to ensure coverage to those who might lose Medicaid

Wed., May 11, 2022

As the pandemic erased jobs and suddenly left thousands of people without employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, many enrolled in the government’s Medicaid program.

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Preparing for the next pandemic: Sacred Heart special pathogens unit resumes preparedness drills

Mon., May 9, 2022

Healthcare providers from Kootenai and Spokane counties held drills Thursday to prepare for the transport of a patient with a highly infectious disease to the unit at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center designed to treat special pathogens. The practice is intended to prepare the hospital, and the region, for the next potential pandemic.

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Abortion providers in Washington are preparing to care for more patients should Roe fall

Sun., May 8, 2022

Some Washington health care providers are looking at expanding their abortion services to serve those who might travel to get procedures from other states, in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court potentially overruling Roe vs. Wade.

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What’s next? How the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to look over the next few months

Sat., May 7, 2022

We’re still not done with omicron.

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Here’s a look at local COVID-19 numbers for Thursday, May 5

UPDATED: Fri., May 6, 2022

The Spokane Regional Health District reported 62 new COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths on Thursday.

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Local COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations modestly increasing

UPDATED: Thu., May 5, 2022

A modest increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations means people at high risk of severe disease from the virus should consider taking more precautions, including wearing masks again, health officials said.

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Here’s a look at Spokane County COVID-19 numbers for Tuesday, May 3

UPDATED: Wed., May 4, 2022

The Spokane Regional Health District reported 96 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths.

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Developments in blood clot treatment saved one man’s life after long COVID-19. He’s hoping it helps others, too

UPDATED: Tue., May 3, 2022

When Eugene Roberts heard while lying in the emergency room that he had blood clots in the main pulmonary artery to his lungs, he began to prepare to die.

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