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  Hundreds of patients receive threatening emails after Fred Hutch cyberattack

  Hundreds of people who have been patients at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have received threatening emails following a cyberattack on the institution’s networks in November.

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  Former UW Medicine fertility doctor accused of using his sperm to inseminate California patient

  UW Medicine notified IVF patients that a former physician is facing allegations he artificially inseminated a patient with his own sperm.

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  Hundreds of Providence nurses take to the picket line in Everett

  Hundreds of nurses at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett went on the picket line Tuesday morning after authorizing a five day strike. The major sticking points are staffing levels and pay. The union and Providence have been in negotiations for months over a new contract for roughly 1300 nurses.
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  Native women in WA are dying during and after childbirth. Could cash help?

  Native women are more likely to die during or shortly after childbirth than any other group in Washington state. Now, a nonprofit in the Seattle area is trying to tackle that with a new approach: cash.
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  Covid is on the rise at King County nursing homes

  Since August, long-term care facilities in King County are averaging 12 new Covid-19 outbreaks per week, health officials say.

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  Kaiser health care workers in Washington state vote to strike

  Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Washington will go on strike next month if a new contract is not reached by the end of October. Contract negotiations between the healthcare giant and workers in the state have been ongoing since the spring.

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  New study: 1 in 5 Washington cannabis users show signs of addiction

  New research finds that “cannabis use disorder” is common in Washington state, where weed has been legal for more than a decade.
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  A vending machine in Seattle that dispenses the morning-after pill

  There’s a new kind of vending machine on the University of Washington campus. It sells pregnancy tests, tampons, tylenol – and the morning-after pill for $12.60, packaged in purple and white boxes.
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  RadioActive alum explores the lasting impacts of concussions

  According to the CDC, in 2020, approximately 12% of teenagers showed symptoms from experiencing a concussion. Conor Gormally was one of those kids -- in fact, he experienced multiple concussions throughout his teenage years, all of which led to differing kinds of symptoms.
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  UW researcher says there's a simple way to help people addicted to fentanyl

  Addiction researchers say the FDA should revisit their prescribing guidelines for buprenorphine, one of the main medications that can help people addicted to fentanyl or other opioids by reducing withdrawal symptoms and cravings.

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