Nearly 800 people believed to have died in Northwest heat wave The heat wave from two weeks ago is now one of the deadliest weather-related events in Washington state history. Kim Malcolm John Ryan Paige Browning
WA adult family homes fear being forgotten during pandemic Imagine caring for three sick, elderly people on your own for a month. While having Covid-19 yourself.“I literally took it one hour at a time.” Amy Radil
'Some human connection': WA families plead for access to nursing homes Families fear coronavirus isolation is harming their loved ones; they hope rules can be adjusted. Amy Radil Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Opossums, Hydras And Hummingbirds: What We're Learning About Aging From Animals Some animals live longer than they should for their size. Some have shorter lives. And others don't appear to age at all. Lulu Miller Elena Renken
National For These '3 Dots,' 100 Years Of Friendship, Fellowship And Fun In Auburn, Maine, three best friends — Dorothy, Dorothy and Dorothy — celebrate their 100th birthdays and reminisce about their long friendship. Susan Sharon
National Program Offers TLC To Older Adults And Their Homes So They Can Stay Put Many older adults want to age in their own homes, and the CAPABLE program makes that possible by offering everything from physical therapy to grab bar installation. It's cost effective too. Ina Jaffe
$50 million gift to UW to keep your brain healthy Addiction, emotional trauma, dementia. Those are health issues affecting the majority of families -- and problems that a major gift to the University of Washington aims to tackle. Paige Browning
Do You Need All Those Meds? How To Talk To Your Doctor About Cutting Back Drug combinations can cause side effects like confusion and dizziness — and even increase the risk for falls. Here's how to talk to your doctor about reducing or eliminating some prescriptions. luisa torres
Meet Trusty, the smallest and most highly trained therapy horse in America When Heidi Weston had a serious accident with her horse, she thought she’d never have horses in her life again… until she met Trusty the miniature horse. Ashley Ahearn
Killer whales go through menopause, too, but the other orcas respect them Coming to terms with the millennia-long struggle to normalize and respect menopause John O'Brien