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The issue surfaced after some Lynden residents and officials questioned the safety of the mineral additive, which is used to help prevent tooth decay.

Businesses like Microsoft and Walmart are covering costs for birth workers, which advocates say can help lower racial disparity in pregnancy outcomes.

Conditions in the immigrant detention facility have garnered over 300 complaints, but a law to increase state oversight is still tied up in court.

Reporter Megan Burbank spoke with former nurses who, amid grievances like staffing shortages and low pay, changed their careers. 

Health officials are encouraging vaccinations for COVID-19, influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV) ahead of the winter illness season.

'There are times where you just don’t breathe, because you can’t.'

As wildfire risk increases, so does the frequency of hazy, hazardous days. Here are some tips on monitoring air quality – and your health.

The virus, discovered long before the COVID-19 pandemic, originated in Saudi Arabia and can be deadly to humans.

Washington could be the second state to impose permanent safety regulations, but employers and workplace advocates disagree on the proposal.

While the state has expanded its full protection-order policies, advocates say funding for housing, shelters and legal services is still needed.

County leaders are looking for new ways to address the growing issue weeks after Camp Hope, once the state’s largest encampment, shuttered.

A new analysis suggests strategies to better prepare for extreme heat and prevent attributed deaths across Washington.