Why An Indonesian Rehab Center Doesn't Insist On Abstinence Sam Nugraha of Indonesia says that in his country, a smile can be a mask covering inner turmoil. So how do you get addicts to be honest? Julia Simon
Unvaccinated students and staff barred from two Seattle-area schools after new measles cases After a staff member at Issaquah High School and a student at North Creek High School in Bothell were diagnosed with measles, Public Health Seattle-King County and Snohomish Health District told the schools to keep out any unimmunized students and staff for at least three weeks. Ann Dornfeld
Seattle has a blood shortage because young people don’t donate Blood shortages are becoming more common at Seattle-area blood banks. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Highly Potent Weed Has Swept The Market, Raising Concerns About Health Risks Most of the marijuana for sale in the U.S. has a far higher THC content than it did a few decades ago. Some scientists and doctors are concerned that the trend is making pot less safe. Rhitu Chatterjee
Which Countries Are Best At Preventing Low Birth Weight? Which Need To Do More? For the first time, the World Health Organization has estimated how well the world is doing to prevent low-weight births. The progress is too slow, researchers say. Michaeleen Doucleff
Drugmaker Created To Reduce Shortages And Prices Unveils Its First Products Civica Rx has plans to become an alternative source of generic drugs at reasonable prices for hospitals. The company's first medicines will be the antibiotics vancomycin and daptomycin. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Four new measles cases hit Western Washington Four new measles cases have been diagnosed in Western Washington — two in King County, one in Pierce County and another in Snohomish County — bringing the total to 77 measles cases in Washington state this year. Sydney Brownstone
A Smartphone App And A Paper Funnel Could Help Parents Diagnose Kids' Ear Infections While there are thousands of health-related apps around, one being developed at the University of Washington stands out because it uses a phone's microphone and speaker to make a a medical call. Richard Harris
U.S. Births Fell To A 32-Year Low In 2018; CDC Says Birthrate Is In Record Slump "The birthrate is a barometer of despair," demographer Dowell Myers says. Not since 1986 has the U.S. seen so few babies born. Bill Chappell
To Combat Generic Drugs' High Prices, Civica RX To Make 2 Antibiotics Civica, a non-profit drug company, was founded last year by a hospital executive tired of short supplies and high prices for generic drugs. Civica has announced the first drugs it will be making. Selena Simmons-Duffin
