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  Sen. Murray defends her shutdown stance amid looming health care cost increases

  Congress is back at work after the longest federal government shutdown ever that was triggered when Senate Democrats refused to approve a spending plan amid a standoff over expiring health care subsidies. Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray talked to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what happened and what comes next.

  • Kim Malcolm
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  You can starve at any weight. People with atypical anorexia struggle to get diagnoses, treatment

  The stereotype of someone with anorexia is an extremely skinny teen girl. But you can suffer from anorexia in any size body, at any age. When someone has anorexia but their body mass index (BMI) is over 18.5, it's called atypical anorexia.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  WA voters might say yes to amending the state constitution this fall. Here's why

  There might be only one thing the socialist alt-weekly The Stranger and the libertarian think tank the Washington Policy Center agree on this election season, and it’s at the very beginning of your Nov. 4 ballot.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  A life-saving machine developed in the 1970s is finding renewed purpose post-pandemic

  Heart and lung bypass machines have been around for more than 50 years. For much of that time they were used primarily to help patients survive while they waited for an organ transplant. But in the last 10-15 years, and especially since Covid, they are being used as a last-ditch effort to stabilize patients whose lungs or hearts are failing.

  • Stephen Howie
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  Pay twice as much for health insurance? That’s the prospect some Washington residents face

  A clash over health care tax credits is at the center of the ongoing federal shutdown. Democrats want those subsidies extended. But many Republicans want to let them expire. That leaves thousands of Washington residents who rely on the subsidies to pay for health insurance with tough choices: pay the new rate, purchase catastrophic coverage, or forgo health insurance altogether.

  • Ruby de Luna
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  Rep. Jayapal laments 'terrible choice' between shutdown, looming health care cuts in WA

  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) said Friday that her party faces a "terrible choice" between forcing the federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 or allowing Republican-backed cuts to health benefits to take effect.

  • Amy Radil
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  Washington won’t have any free Covid shots for the uninsured until mid-October

  Washington state has a program for uninsured people to get free vaccines. But that program doesn’t yet have any of the latest Covid boosters, and they’re not expected until mid-October.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  'Vaccines are the best protection we have.' West Coast states issue their own guidance ahead of feds

  The alliance released its recommendations just ahead of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee meeting this week; that committee plans to discuss and vote on new Covid vaccine guidelines on Friday.

  • Eilís O'Neill
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  Seattle’s Fred Hutch marks 50 years of groundbreaking cancer research

  The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is celebrating a big birthday Friday. The center opened its doors 50 years ago, on Sept. 5, 1975. Since then it has evolved from a scrappy lab doing what some considered risky science into one of the top cancer centers in the world.

  • Gabriel Spitzer
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  Confused about your eligibility for the Covid shot? In Washington state, you’re covered

  Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

  • Eilís O'Neill

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