Health care executives here anticipate positive changes and decent, if subdued, growth in their industry in the coming year, despite a still-unsettled landscape in the wake of the federal Affordable Care Act that is sparking new alliances and fostering gr

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to acquire Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based health insurer that has nearly 130,000 customers in Eastern Washington, Group Health announced this morning. The transaction is pending approval by

Washington State University researchers in Pullman say they have discovered for the first time how electrical stimulation works for the treatment of bacterial infections, paving the way for a viable alternative to medicinal antibiotics.

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has reduced Cesarean sections in recent years to a level a doctor here says is more acceptable and beneficial for the long-term health of mothers.

Idaho's second state-funded mental health crisis center will open on Dec. 9 in Coeur d'Alene.

A Washington State University researcher will lead a $2.5 million examination of the federal Affordable Care Act's impact on what might be the largest group in need of its services: people with disabilities.

Construction of a new, 7,000-square-foot physical therapy clinic is slated to start next spring on Spokane's South Hill and to be completed that summer, says the project's architect. Shane Mercier, owner of Mercier Architecture & Planning, has desig