Overlake Hospital Medical Center will host its annual Active Senior Fair on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Westminster Chapel, 13646 NE 24th Street, Bellevue. Fair highlights include: Entertainment Fashion show by Coldwater Creek of Bellevue Square highlighting the 2012 Spring Collection, 10:15 a.m. Steve the Pretty Good, comedy and magic, 11:30 […]
I LOVE Suzanne Tidwell’s yarn bomb that she did in Occidental Park last summer and was so excited to see it has come to Redmond’s Anderson Park! I was driving by today on my way back from sushi at Whole Foods (I have to get my salmon sushi fix there at least once a […]
Today, The Museum of Flight in Seattle welcomed an exciting new space artifact, as Charles Simonyi and representatives from the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, delivered the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft. This historic craft will be on permanent loan to the museum from Simonyi and immediately on display in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. “Today’s exciting […]
On Monday morning, Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor, Magaret Shield from Take Back Your Meds, and Dr. Anthony Chen of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department sat down at the Tacoma News Tribune with the editorial board. They came up with this great editorial. Check it out here.
Phuong Le did a story for the Associated Press on the state-wide prescription drug take back bill (SB 5234). The story can be found in the following places: The Seattle TimesThe Tacoma News TribuneSeattle PITri-City HeraldMSNBCKOMO NewsKIRO TVKEPR TVThe Bellingham Herald
There was a lot of great coverage over the weekend regarding the state-wide secure medicine return bill (SB 5234) that is alive in the Senate. It will be decided by Feb. 14th if it passes through the Rules Committee and makes it to the Senate floor. Everett Herald on the prevention of drug abuse and accidental poisoning The […]
The Central Kitsap Reporter published an article yesterday regarding the need for a safe prescription medication disposal system in Washington state, and Kitsap County in particular. County law enforcement says its resources are “strained” by the collection and disposal of prescription drugs. The Kitsap Public Health District believes that pharmaceutical companies should take on the cost burden. The […]
A Granite Falls couple, who lost their son to a drug overdose, is crusading for a law which would require pharmacies to take back unused prescription drugs. KOMO News covered their story today. Because they’re relatively easy to obtain from home medicine cabinets, authorities say more and more young people are experimenting with prescription drugs. […]
The Columbian posted an editorial yesterday regarding the push for a state-wide secure medicine return bill to safely dispose of old prescription drugs that collect dust in medicine cabinets across the state. Lawmakers would be wise to expedite the measures for many reasons, but two in particular: this is not another government program, and it’s […]
The board of directors of Medical Teams International announced Wednesday that Bas Vanderzalm will retire as President and CEO. Vanderzalm will step down as CEO on June 20, 2012 and will stay on as President through June 30, 2013. As President, Vanderzalm will focus on leading teams to the field, speaking on behalf of the organization, […]