Part 5: Desperate for help, far from home Hospital stays are usually short: days, weeks, sometimes months. But when the state of Washington sent 16 patients with brain injuries to a... Austin Jenkins
Part 4: Desperate for help, far from home More than $12 million dollars. That’s what the state of Washington spent to send 16 patients with serious brain injuries to a rehabilitation facility in... Austin Jenkins
Part 3: Desperate for help, far from home Between 2014 and 2017, the state of Washington sent 16 patients with brain injuries to a rehabilitation hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Austin Jenkins
Part 2: Desperate for help, far from home Sometimes people with severe brain injuries develop behavioral issues that are hard to manage. This can make it difficult to find them a place to live. Austin Jenkins
Massive shortage of pain meds affects Seattle hospitals The supply room for drugs at Wenatchee LifeLine, a rural ambulance service, is bare. Morphine is scant. Bags of saline are precious. Isolde Raftery
Kids most vulnerable to chemicals in food, packaging Pediatricians are urging Congress to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to collect more data on chemicals in food. A new report by the... Ruby de Luna
It took a village, and a pediatrician, to expose the Flint water crisis The city of Flint, Michigan represents the height of American ingenuity, productivity and economic progress — and also the mirror opposite. John O'Brien
Why did Washington State pay 12 million dollars to a rehab center in Tulsa, Oklahoma? Twelve million dollars: That's how much Washington state spent to send 16 patients with traumatic brain injuries to a rehabilitation center in Tulsa,... Ross Reynolds
What are the real tradeoffs of the straw ban? Seattle's straw ban has coincided with hometown coffee chain Starbucks' decision to phase out all single-use plastic straws by 2020. The new sippy cup... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
How risky is it to swim in Washington lakes? Jackson Ludwig loves lakes. “Where I was from — Moscow, Idaho — there’s not a lot of lakes to swim. And so being here was like, ‘Oh my God, there’s all... Eilís O'Neill
