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Washington and Oregon rank in the top ten states for the longest life expectancy, according to new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The high rankings come with the caveat that the pandemic has thrown lengthening human lifespans into reverse in the U.S.

The emergence of nine cases of a fungal infection known as Valley Fever in southeast Washington over the last five years has state and federal health…

Public health officials say the rise in cases of the STD gonorrhea has continued unabated this year in much of the Northwest.Now there’s a worrisome…

Each day now, travelers are arriving home to the Northwest who may have been exposed to Ebola. In Oregon, a woman who has come back from West Africa was…

Public health authorities in Washington and Idaho are now investigating at least 79 cases of a serious respiratory illness that affects children.The…

A disease-causing fungus thought to be confined to the deserts of the U.S. Southwest has been discovered in soil samples from eastern Washington.Officials…

The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Washington, Oregon and Idaho are among 25 states now facing widespread cases…

Public health officials say recent measles cases in the Northwest highlight the need to be vaccinated against the infection.While the highly-contagious…