EXPLAINER: What are ‘Crisis Standards of Care?’
BOISE, Idaho — As the spread of the delta variant continues unabated in much of the U.S., public health leaders have approved health care...
School vaccine campaigns targeting students face blowback
Fearing his parents wouldn’t approve of his decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine but needing their signature, Andrew signed up for the appointment in...
In COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals
BOISE, Idaho — When Idaho public health officials announced this week that northern hospitals were so crowded with coronavirus patients that they would be...
Backers of Seattle homelessness plan appeal ballot rejection
SEATTLE — Backers of a measure that would change Seattle’s approach to homelessness are appealing a judge’s decision that blocked it from the November...
Bonus pay for essential workers varied widely across states
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For putting their health on the line during the coronavirus pandemic, prison guards in Missouri got an extra $250 per...
Summer swelter trend: West gets hotter days, East hot nights
As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across...
No tsunami threat from 5.9 earthquakes off Pacific Coast
<p>GOLD BEACH, Ore. — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon early Friday, and the aftershocks included another 5.9 quake. But...