The three-year pilot program did not deliver the results hoped for, the health minister said. It had allowed drug users to avoid criminal charges for possessing small amounts of illegal substances. By ...

SEATTLE — New mayor Katie Wilson has denied the Seattle Police Officers Guild's (SPOG) allegations of a directive that ordered officers to halt open drug use arrests. The Seattle Police Officers Guild ...

Robert Payne lost his brother at a young age. The 66-year-old said he “tried to use drugs and everything else (so that) I could not feel and remember what had happened.” He said that when the money ...

The CMS Innovation Center has debuted a new model to encourage the use of technology to treat chronic diseases, which could be a boon for health tech companies that have struggled with reimbursement.

Property taxes are due in counties around Oregon this month and the annual bills can run several thousand dollars. That’s a heavy lift, particularly for people on a fixed income, and taxes can make it ...

The Python Software Foundation has rejected a $1.5 million government grant because of anti-DEI requirements imposed by the Trump administration, the nonprofit said in a blog post yesterday. The grant ...

Editor’s Note: The Trump administration has clarified that it will use Section 32 tariff revenue, which typically supports child nutrition programs, to extend funding for WIC during the shutdown — ...

Microsoft has launched AI agents for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The agents are available for business and individual subscribers. Now accessible on the web, the agents will expand to the desktop.

President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club was approved for up to 170 temporary foreign worker H-2B visas this fiscal year, the most in the past decade, records show. H-2B visas form part of the ...

Keep Windows 10 secure with updates after 2025 by enrolling in the Extended Security Updates program. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

A new pilot program from CMS will require prior authorization, or pre-approval, from insurers for certain medical procedures. The government says the program will test whether it can reduce waste, ...

A new Medicare pilot program will require prior authorization for certain medical procedures, using AI to approve or deny coverage A new program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...