Health & Wellness

BloodworksNW, a blood bank in Silverdale, issued a Code Red. That indicates that the region has only a one- to two-days supply of critical blood types and platelets.

Washingtonians who purchase health insurance through the state exchange are paying more after Congress eliminated a health care tax credit. Many just dropped insurance.

Tessa and Jack Lindley organized a drive to help families with babies in the NICU, or neonatal intensive care unit, at St. Joe’s in Tacoma.

As the nonprofit marks its 50th anniversary, Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH honors the hundreds of volunteers who make the organization’s work possible.

The Rural Health Transformation Program was part of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. Health care leaders say it’s not enough.

Flu cases routinely increase in the weeks after the holidays, but a new mutation called Subclade K could cause a ‘pretty severe influenza season.’

Bloodworks Northwest is asking people — especially those with Type O Blood critical for trauma care — to schedule donation appointments to restore supplies.

Freestanding ERs offer emergency care in buildings detached from a hospital campus, and three of them are now open in Kitsap County. Here’s how they work.