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As omicron subsides in WA, health officials are hopeful and vigilant
Experts predict a 'long, winding road' to get past COVID but some wonder if we're seeing the end of the pandemic.
Megan Burbank
Megan Burbank is Cascade PBS’ news editor. She was previously an editor/reporter at The Seattle Times and Portland Mercury, and has covered reproductive rights for NPR, The New Republic and Axios.
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Washington hospitals are struggling to keep ahead of nursing shortages
Nurses say the changes that would make them stay on staff — retention bonuses, compensation to work extra shifts, guaranteed rest breaks — have yet to be meaningfully implemented.
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Abortion pills available by mail in WA, but access isn’t equitable
Early in the pandemic, reproductive health workers lead a push to make at-home abortion available to more Washington women. This is what happened.