The Seattle Times has been investigating Seattle's 911 medical system and ambulance service. Here's what you should know ...

Nearly 90% of the land in the United States is rural and about one in five people, or some 60 million, live throughout it ...

Walking into an emergency room is a bit like stepping onto a stage where anything can happen, except the actors don’t always ...

Jersey City once had three hospitals with emergency departments. Greenville Hospital closed in 2008. Jersey City Medical Center downtown is the only place in the city with an emergency department.

The only large hospital on Oregon’s coast, situated in the heavily Republican district encompassing Coos Bay, received a financial lifeline from the Legislature this month. The surprise was who ...

Jordan was a month shy of his fifth birthday, and 11 weeks out from a successful open heart surgery, when he suddenly died.

Santa Rosa Memorial will stop inpatient pediatric admissions March 27; pediatricians warn families may face longer trips for ...

As a child, Catharine Coleborne’s mother spent a year in bed with polio. Stories like hers reveal why we can’t afford to go backwards on vaccination.

My daughter Ana was 11 when she was diagnosed with cancer. It was 2012, a big year for her as she moved up from primary ...

Five Carlisle United fans preparing to ride more than 520 miles to the Blues' last game of the season explain the "crazy" ...

Five Carlisle United fans preparing to ride more than 520 miles to the Blues' last game of the season explain the "crazy" idea, the ...

Nurses being held hostage by violent patients at a northern rivers detox unit are being offered “de-escalation and resilience ...