Virginia cracks down on social media to combat youth mental health crisis
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) is taking a whole-of-government approach to tackle social media's negative mental health effects ...
Homebound seniors with health problems often have trouble getting care
Across the country, nearly 2 million adults over 65 are completely or mostly homebound, while an additional 5.5 million ...
High Risk: Youth and addiction in Washington state
The number of Washington youth who’ve died from overdoses has more than tripled since 2019. But when young people try to get ...
Washington state’s early learning programs could face budget cuts
DCYF has proposed cutting nearly $68 million from the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, Washington’s free ...
Australian lawmakers weigh world’s first social media ban for those under 16
Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children under 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest ...
Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump’s bumpy transition
His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from ...
Trump picks TV's Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had chosen television personality and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz to ...
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Jason Clark and Dr. Usha Sankrithi: This Thanksgiving, let’s commit to building a Washington where nobody goes hungry
Jason Clark is CEO of Second Harvest Inland Northwest in Spokane. Dr. Usha Sankrithi, MD, MPH, is chief health equity officer of Coordinated Care, an Apple Health plan. Sankrithi is based in Seattle.
After Trump’s Project 2025 denials, he is tapping its authors and influencers for key roles
As a former and potentially future president, Donald Trump hailed what would become Project 2025 as a road map for “exactly ...
Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce
President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the ...
Yes, Trump’s Cabinet picks are shaking up Washington. That’s the whole point | Opinion
The right people are upset by the president-elect’s staff choices — and that includes dinosaur Republicans. | Opinion ...