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U.S. health care spending is the highest on Earth. Here's why

Most health care services in the U.S. cost at least twice what they do in other countries, and sometimes up to ten times as much.
- Clare McGrane
Everett beefed up regulations to curb unpermitted food carts. Other cities might follow
- Ruby de Luna
Western Washington was a sanctuary for trans youth seeking care — until RFK threatened gender clinics

Until recently, it seemed like gender-affirming care for trans kids would continue in liberal places like Western Washington, despite the Trump administration's crackdown. But families and advocates say access to that care is now dwindling in the Puget Sound region.
- Eilís O'Neill
UW’s ‘Sex Professor’ wrote a ‘consent manifesto’ to keep romance healthy and fresh

Valentine’s Day can bring a lot of expectations to the romantic dinner table. There’s a sense that couples have to have this perfect night out, one that may even end with some intimacy.
- Gabrielle Healy
Bellevue principal on leave after claiming a school aide’s seizure stemmed from cocaine use

The principal of a Bellevue elementary school has been put on administrative leave after telling 911 dispatchers, apparently based on hearsay, that a school aide who was having a seizure in a classroom was a cocaine user.
- Stephen Howie
They surprised their dad with a trip to the NFC Championship. The video went viral

A short video made the rounds of social media this week. In it, we see a man in a Seattle Seahawks jersey riding in a car. “Why did we come all the way to Seattle?,” he asks, and someone laughs. It was Sunday, January 25, the day of the NFC Championship game between the Seahawks and the LA Rams. To learn about the backstory of this now viral video, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to University of Washington graduate and UCLA medical school student Irvin Garcia.
- Kim Malcolm
He suffered two strokes. This electric brain implant helped him regain use of his arm

Perhaps the most compelling finding from a UW Medicine study to help stroke victims recover hand movement is that if its first subject applied to be part of the study today, he would not qualify.
- Stephen Howie
Seattle Schools knew there was methane gas beneath its new high school — but skipped some safety measures

Before Seattle Public School spent $300 million to rebuild Rainier Beach High School on a peat bog, scientists hired by the district warned that methane in the soil could pose an explosive problem if it were to leak into the school.
- Ann Dornfeld
West Seattle’s only overnight shelter set to close at the end of the year

Westside Neighbors Shelter will keep serving breakfast and dinner daily, but the overnight sleeping program has run out of money and will close at the end of the year.
- Casey Martin
Pregnancy-related deaths are increasing in Washington state. Most could be prevented

Maternal deaths in Washington state rose in 2021 and 2022 compared to previous years, according to a report released by the state health department Monday.
- Eilís O'Neill

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