Neighborcare Health invites patients and community members to attend a free dinner and Community Connect event on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at its Rainier Beach clinic, focused on helping community members understand upcoming Medicaid/Apple Health changes, learn what to do to keep their insurance, ask questions, and get one-one support. It's also an opportunity for people with Medicaid/Apple Health to better understand their insurance benefits. Beginning in 2027, most ad

The project will enroll 2,000 adults in Washington and Texas to learn why dementia rates are higher in rural areas than in cities. SDI Productions / Getty ImagesOlder adults in rural areas face a significantly greater risk of developing dementia. In the United States, older adults living in rural areas face a significantly greater risk of dementia than those in urban areas. Some estimates suggest they are 80% more likely to have dementia than their urban counterparts with sim

Seattle, WA-Do you love spending time outdoors with your furry companions? Are you wanting new, creative ways to exercise? Seattle Parks and Recreation encourages the community to participate in the Healthy Capitol Hill Hike. Visit the south Capitol Hill parks and explore our new fitness equipment for people and for pets. South Capitol Hill parks include Broadway Hill Park, Seven Hills Park, Tashkent Park, Thomas Street Mini-Park, Sumit Slope Park, T.T. Minor Playground, McGi

Inserted into a fertilized mouse egg genome, the tape then tracked the lineage of 1.3 million embryonic cells up to late organ development. Kyle O'Connor. The pronuclear injection of the DNA Typewriter into a fertilized mouse egg. Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing the family tree of cells in a developing mouse embryo. They recorded cells’ relationships, starting when the fertilized egg first split in two and ending after the

A UW Medicine dermatologist is motivated to close gaps in trust and understanding about people with black and brown skin. UW Medicine Dr. Olivia Ware demonstrates a scalp exam with Dr. Marissa Appiah at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Growing up in a mostly white Seattle suburb, Olivia Ware faced a problem familiar to mixed-race kids: "Nobody knew how to do my hair," she says. Her white mom had no experience with long, coiled curls. It wasn't until she move

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month…. While Black and white women have similar rates of being diagnosed with breast cancer, Black women have a 40% higher rate of dying from breast cancer. The incidence is greater among Black women under the age of 50. The more aggressive types of cancer like triple-negative breast cancer and inflammatory breast cancer can develop at young ages and at late stages. The symptoms to look for are, lumps, swelling in the breast, lymph nodes or

Photo by Robert Wade An attendee enjoys a memory café event led by the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. Ever hear of a memory café? It’s an informal community meetup for people who have dementia and whose cognitive struggles might tilt them toward withdrawing socially. The semi-organized café gatherings offer sanctuary from judgment and raised eyebrows, and provide group interactions that can engage attendees and bring joy to their lives. Katie Zeitler is leading an effort to exp

Adults 60 and older are needed for a study exploring how mind-body treatments might change the brain’s response to pain. alvaro gonzalez / Getty Images Many older people experience chronic pain. A new study explores how non-pharmacological pain treatments regulate and alter the nervous system. Seattle-area older adults with chronic pain are being sought for a University of Washington School of Medicine study evaluating mind-body treatments for pain management. Chronic pain i

Stakeholders will address how persistent responses to drug use and overdose have caused frustration, cynicism and burnout. John Wilcox / Boston Herald / Getty Images Firefighters and park rangers in Boston respond to a man who had suffered a drug overdose. Just as the COVID-19 pandemic led to a crisis of confidence among scores of front-line clinicians, the U.S. epidemic of drug use and overdose has burdened ranks of first-responders with burnout and compassion fatigue. Caree

Seattle event brings together patients, families, advocates and healthcare leaders for blood donation, lived-experience storytelling and a conversation about the future of sickle cell care SEATTLE, Wash. — September 7th , 2026 — The KD Hall Foundation will host its 5th Annual Sickle Cell Awareness & Community Blood Drive on Friday, September 11, 2026, at the American Red Cross in Seattle. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together patients, families, healthcare leaders,

Participants will virtually share recent experiences of seeking feeding therapy for kids, with the goal of helping them get treatment sooner. Pressmaster / Getty ImagesChildren with feeding disorders can bring daily stress to family mealtimes. A new study aims to learn how families find and access feeding interventions, common barriers to care, and how long children wait for services. Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine seek caregivers of children w

The trial will compare two drugs used to treat post-arrest shock, a condition affecting 70% of survivors. Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images. People who experience cardiac arrest lose normal heart activity. Cardiac arrest is the third leading cause of death in the United States, but survival outcomes vary greatly by location. That’s in part because different hospitals and physicians use different treatment methods. Dr. Nick Johnson, professor of emergency and critical-care medicine

The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) bases its recommendations for vaccinations on guidelines from trusted professional medical and health organizations representing millions of healthcare providers, reflecting a broad consensus on the safety and benefits of the recommended immunizations. The Executive Order issued by the White House regarding childhood vaccine schedule recommendations does not change the WCHA’s position on evidenced-based vaccine guidance. Earlier this year

By mimicking cell membrane environments, new custom-designed proteins make water-repelling proteins soluble without detergents. IPD WRAPs researcher Ljubica Mihaljevic works at a lab bench at the Institute for Protein Design. Embedded in the boundary between the inside and outside of each cell are membrane proteins. They act as first responders by sensing signals, regulating which molecules enter and leave the cell, and enabling cells to quickly adapt

Researchers examine the origins, destinations and behavioral effects of rotating waves of neural activity in the brain. Steinmetz Lab 3D renderings of mouse brain show (left) an example rotating wave as a circular rainbow coloration, where color indicates wave progression and (right) spatial distribution of rotating wave centers -- brighter colors indicate more centers. Spiraling waves of neural activity appear and travel in the brain. Scientists hope to learn if these rotati

Washington DFI Observes World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, June 15 State agency serves as “local cops on the beat” protecting people from financial fraud Olympia – Today the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) joins organizations worldwide to observe World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). As financial exploitation reaches record highs, state regulators and financial education partners are reaffirming their commitment to protecting senior investors from

Seattle, WA — Community members, elected officials, partners, and supporters gathered on June 5 in Rainier Beach for a soil-turning ceremony marking the start of construction on the Tubman Health Center, a 26,000-square-foot community-designed health facility years in the making. Located within walking distance of the Rainier Beach light rail station, the future site became a place of ceremony and reflection, honoring the collective effort that brought the project to this

More than 550,000 children got $120 in nutrition benefits last summer OLYMPIA—This summer, as many as 577,000 Washington children will receive SUN Bucks––funds to help buy food when school is not in session––through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The SUN Bucks benefits, a one-time payment of $120 per eligible child, will be deposited onto new SUN Bucks cards starting early June 2026.In December 2022, the federal government aut

A national center helps healthcare systems embrace an approach to more transparent communications with patients. FatCamera / Getty ImagesA female patient speaks with a clinician. A national center urges healthcare leaders to more proactively address hospital-based errors. A misdiagnosis. A medication dosing error. A retained foreign object after surgery. A delay that contributes to a patient’s grave injury or death. Adverse effects of medical care can be minor or catastrop

A large study suggests risk exists independent of tobacco and alcohol use. Surprisingly, no parallel vulnerability was seen in men. Oral cancers are relatively rare, and historically more common among men over 60 who have used tobacco and alcohol regularly. But rates of these cancers have been slowly rising among younger people, women in particular, who have never smoked. That trend prompted researchers to analyze whether people’s diets might play a role. Their newly publis

Analyses of electronic health records and electrocardiograms create a path to lowering incidence of the often-fatal event. Creatas Video / Getty Images A patient's electrocardiogram, or EKG, is shown on a monitor. Researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that can scrutinize electronic health records (EHR) and electrocardiograms to identify individuals in the general population at elevated risk for sudden cardiac arrest — a condition that causes more than

Q&A: Integrated care, routine screening and tailored therapies help address long COVID’s physical and emotional toll. Milan Markovic / Getty Images A man practices diaphragmatic breathing to activate the body's relaxation response, one of many strategies to help patients with long COVID manage anxiety and depression. While the pandemic era of masking and social distancing may seem a distant memory, for the estimated 15 million Americans dealing with long COVID — post-infectio