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Covid isolation reduced to 24 hours in Washington state

Washington’s Department of Health announced Monday that people experiencing covid symptoms only need to isolate for 24-hours or until their health improves. Previous guidelines from the state and CDC recommended people stay home for at least five days to stop the spread of the disease.

Bones and pipes are breaking across the Northwest with the cold, and now the warm up

Northwest ERs seeing lots of injuries, contractors seeing lots of frozen or burst pipes

Health

Hackers break into Fred Hutch computer network, patients warned to watch accounts

The cancer center says it detected unauthorized activity Nov. 19. It's now telling patients to monitor their bank statements and credit reports.

Health

Giving birth amid Gaza's devastation is traumatic, but babies continue to be born

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

Health

75,000 Kaiser nurses, pharmacists and other workers have walked off the job

In the largest health care strike in U.S. history, over 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning.

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VA hospitals are outperforming private hospitals, latest Medicare survey shows

Veterans rated VA hospitals higher than private facilities for things like patient satisfaction, hospital cleanliness and communication with nurses and doctors.