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Fred Hutch lays off staff in IT, HIV research

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center laid off an undisclosed number of employees Wednesday.
- Monica Nickelsburg
A Seattle doctor was investigated for fertility fraud. The case highlights tension between patient, physician rights

KUOW reviewed hundreds of pages of Washington Medical Commission documents and state legal codes and found a tension the agency faces: balancing a doctor’s right to due process with a patient’s desire for more information about the people they trust with their health care.
- Diana Opong
Washington joins multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration for cutting billions in public health funding

Washington state is among 24 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to block its sudden termination of $11 billion in grant funding for public health agencies.
- Scott Greenstone
How far could Trump’s NIH funding cuts set medical innovation back? By decades, UW researchers warn

The Trump administration has cut NIH funding levels and paused new and existing grants from the agency, which totalled $35 billion in 2023. That’s left critical studies of various illnesses and drugs that could help treat them on pause. Doctors, researchers, and scientists who have spent years and often decades studying chronic diseases worry the cuts will have long-lasting consequences for public health and medical innovation.
- Stephen Howie
U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier discusses vaccine hesitation consequences as King County records first measles case

King County has recorded Washington state's first measles case of the year. Measles is extremely contagious for those who aren't vaccinated.
- Natalie Akane Newcomb
Fearing deportation, immigrants are missing appointments at Seattle-area clinics

Providers at Seattle area-clinics that serve immigrant communities say that ever since President Trump returned to office, many more patients than usual have been missing appointments.
- Eilís O'Neill
Washington state, UW join lawsuit over Trump order cutting funding for medical research

The University of Washington and Washington state are joining nearly two dozen states in suing the federal government over a change in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
- Scott Greenstone
Seattle Children's halts gender-affirming surgeries after executive order threatens loss of federal funds

After three years on the wait list, Children’s canceled the 16-year-old's surgery hours before it was scheduled. "Losing eligibility would jeopardize care for our patients across the region," Children’s explained.
- Ann Dornfeld
Washington's hospital system is financially 'fragile' despite improvements

For the first time in four years, financial losses at hospitals across Washington state are slowing down.
- Noel Gasca
Doctor who sexually abused dozens of patients at Joint Base Lewis-McChord sentenced to 14 years

An Army doctor who recently pleaded guilty to sexually abusing patients will serve nearly 14 years in prison.
- KUOW Staff

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