Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 21--For Richland's Zaugg family, the unthinkable has happened: 6-year-old Aidan Zaugg's cancer might be back. Recent MRI results have doctors believing Aidan's rare form of brainstem cancer has returned.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 18--Preventive care that starts before children are even born is the first area of focus for United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties' Community Solutions Plan, the organization announced Tuesday.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 17--Preventive care that starts before children are even born is the first area of focus for United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties' Community Solutions Plan, the organization announced today.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 12--PROSSER -- One of the dozens of questions asked during Wednesday's community forum about the fate of Prosser Memorial Hospital's aging nursing home was how its residents would adapt to a new environment.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 11--Another measles case has been identified in Moses Lake and has not been linked to any of the previous 18 cases that began springing up in the county more than a month ago, the health district said.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 11--PROSSER -- Community members plan to protest the possible sale of Prosser Memorial Hospital's transitional and long-term care facility during a community forum at 7 p.m. today designed to hear public concerns.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 6--A majority of about 200 Kennewick General Hospital employees have voted in favor of being represented by two Seattle-based unions.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 6--More than a half dozen cases of salmonella in Walla Walla and Umatilla counties are being investigated.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 5--More than a half dozen cases of salmonella in Walla Walla and Umatilla counties are being investigated.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Jun. 3--Larry Olsen sometimes has to choose between what he eats for dinner and his health care.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. May 30--Kennewick General Hospital's board of commissioners voted Thursday to take the next step in the "long journey" to expand to a Southridge campus.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. May 29--People who need help paying for prescription drugs might want to catch a bus that's rolling through Pasco this morning.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. May 28--A national tour that helps those struggling to pay for prescription medication will stop in Pasco Thursday morning.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. May 27--Prosser Memorial Hospital received an award for patient satisfaction with its emergency medicine for the fifth consecutive year, the hospital announced today.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
By Laura Kate Zaichkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. May 18--Sexually transmitted infections in Franklin and Benton counties continue to rise along with concerns by health and public officials.
