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  As air quality worsens, UW scientist focuses on effects of wildfire smoke

  It’s been a relatively quiet wildfire season so far in the Pacific Northwest, with not much in the way of large fires or widespread smoke pollution — yet. But a recent study found that more frequent wildfires have been erasing air quality gains in the United States.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  Washington, other states sue Trump administration for sharing health data with Homeland Security

  Earlier this month, the Trump administration handed off information about Medicaid recipients to the Department of Homeland Security, according to Washington Attorney General Nick Brown.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Native children in WA are disproportionately taken from their families. Advocates are working to change that

  Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be taken from their parents and placed in foster care than any other kids. That rate has remained stubbornly high, despite policy efforts to keep more families together.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Washington scientists say ‘brain drain’ has begun as researchers consider moving abroad amid Trump cuts

  With the Trump administration gutting research funding, imperiling science-related jobs, and stalling the grant-approval process for clinical studies and research centers, many U.S. scientists are considering research opportunities abroad.

  • Stephen Howie
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  A King County doctor pleaded guilty to assaulting a minor. He may be allowed to practice medicine again

  Content warning: This story contains references to the sexual abuse of a minor and references suicide.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Washington's medical board gets ombuds funding amid push to improve public trust, communication

  The regulatory authority that oversees doctors in Washington will create an ombudsman's office in an effort to improve communication with the public.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Washington state doctors, lawmakers question federal changes to Covid vaccine recs

  Experts worry new federal Covid vaccine guidance advice runs contrary to science and could lead to fewer people getting vaccinated.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  This Bellingham theater teaches improv to people with memory loss

  If you've ever taken an improv class, you know they make you do some goofy stuff, like communicate with sounds, not words, and play out all kinds of unique situations. At The Upfront Theatre in Bellingham, an improv class was created especially for students who have early stage memory loss.

  • Kyle Norris
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  New Covid variant found in Washington state

  A new Covid-19 variant fueling a global rise in cases has been detected in Washington, but health officials aren’t too concerned.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  Washington state groups sue Trump administration over sweeping public health data erasures

  Three Washington state groups that represent health care workers have joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the sweeping deletion of federal public health data, calling the removals “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasoned.”

  • KUOW Staff

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