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The Washington State Nurses Association is calling on hospitals in Yakima and throughout the state to take urgent action on four key priority issues to ensure the safety of health care workers, patients and the public against Ebola.

You might not think about it, but trick or treating can be an ordeal for kids that suffer from asthma, especially in Yakima with cold temperatures and smokey conditions.

In a new campaign, McDonalds is inviting its customers to ask questions about the food they purchase at McDonalds.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will launch a national dialogue with stakeholders on ways to prevent work-related illness caused by exposure to hazardous substances.

Nearly half of U.S. consumers say animal protein is still the best source of protein.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stated last week he was so frustrated with the current working group’s failure to reach an agreement he wants to start a second checkoff under the 1996 generic checkoff act.

As of the beginning of this month, Tyson Foods is no longer using antibiotics at the company’s 35 chicken hatcheries.

Public health officials say a child who lives on Mercer Island likely has E. coli. The state lab has yet to confirm the case and King public health officials say it's not possible to say whether there is a link between the child's illness and problems with the Mercer Island water system...

US farmers, ranchers, and fishery cooperatives set a new sales record in 2013, with total business volume of more than $246 billion.

October is breast cancer awareness month, a disease that more and more women are now surviving thanks to early detection. Nancy Roher is director of Memorial Hospitals' Ohana Mammography Center who says women in their early 20s need to do self exams and have a mammography beginning at age 40 and then every year after that...