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McDonald’s announced Thursday it was removing cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meals. The internet reacted as one would expect. McDonald’s has been working with the nonprofit […]

Preliminary data suggests this year’s flu vaccine is 36 percent effective at preventing illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the interim vaccine effectiveness estimates this week after analyzing […]

Drinking unpasteurized milk may lead to illness. Who knew? Well, for starters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Raw (unpasteurized) milk has been linked to many foodborne illnesses,” according to the […]

Transgender youth have poorer health and lower rates of preventive health checkups than their cisgender peers, according to new research. A new study published in this month’s Pediatrics journal looked at […]

The state’s uninsured rate continues to decline three years after implementation of key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report. In 2016, the percentage of people uninsured […]

This month is Heart Health Month. It’s also Black History Month. And state health officials are drawing a connection between the two with a blunt truth: heart disease risk is […]

Tobacco giant Philip Morris says it wants to give up cigarettes. The Marlboro cigarette maker is so serious, it’s putting $1 billion toward research for a smoke-free world. But public health […]

More than 70 percent of high school students do not get enough sleep, a new study found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed the national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys […]

If you’ve never thought of prosthetics as art, maybe it’s time you should. Next month, the Center for Contemporary Art & Culture at Pacific Northwest College of Art will unveil an […]

Laundry pods are for washing laundry. Not eating. This should go without saying. But, thanks to an internet challenge, teenagers are now biting in to the single-load laundry packets and posting […]