Health Seattle Children's Hospital says fungus killed 1, infected 5 more Fungus at Seattle Children’s Hospital has killed one person and infected five others, a hospital spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night. Casey Martin Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Health Seattle hospital workers possibly exposed to dangerous bacteria Brucella Employees of Harborview Medical Center are being treated for the dangerous Brucella bacteria after a possible exposure this month. Eilís O'Neill
National Reports Find Health Workers Still Aren't Alerting Police Regarding Likely Elder Abuse Workers in nursing homes, hospital ERs and other health facilities are required by law to notify police whenever they notice likely signs of physical or sexual abuse. But that's often not happening. Ina Jaffe
National 'Patients Will Die': One County's Challenge To Trump's 'Conscience Rights' Rule California's Santa Clara County argues that if the rule goes into effect in July, the county will suffer irreparable harm in terms of patient care and staffing costs. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health In Syria, Reports Of 19 Medical Facilities Bombed Since April 28 Strikes by the government and its allies have dealt a devastating blow to Idlib province in the north, where the conflict has escalated since late April. Diane Cole
Health Drugmaker Created To Reduce Shortages And Prices Unveils Its First Products Civica Rx has plans to become an alternative source of generic drugs at reasonable prices for hospitals. The company's first medicines will be the antibiotics vancomycin and daptomycin. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health Opinion: Keep Limits Intact On Medical Residents' Work Hours Caps on shift lengths for medical residents were implemented to improve patient safety. Given the effects of sleep deprivation on emotional capacity and residents' well-being, why risk longer hours? Clayton Dalton
Health She called 911 and said she was suicidal. Then she was charged with a crime After June called five times on St. Patrick’s Day, saying she was suicidal, she was charged with false reporting, a misdemeanor crime. Patricia Murphy Kara McDermott
Health When my son was 12, he turned violent. Life is just now getting better When my son was 7, we moved to Vancouver, Washington, and life was good for a few years. But then something changed. I don’t know if it was puberty, or the new baby, but he turned violent. Deborah Wang
Health Dangerous Infection Tied To Hospitals Now Becoming Common Outside Them Infections with Clostridium difficile can be difficult to treat and life-threatening. Once a problem seen mainly in health care facilities, the infections are now occurring often in the community. Clayton Dalton