Medicaid coverage deemed inadequate
Plans that were recently awarded local contracts unable to offer enough providers for low-income clients, state says
The two health insurance plans awarded contracts to provide care for 65,000 Clark County managed Medicaid clients were unable to meet network adequacy requirements.
Experts explore teen addiction at seminar
Adolescent brains more vulnerable, OHSU doctor says
About 5 percent of Clark County sixth-graders have drunk alcohol. But by the time those same kids reach eighth grade, that percentage jumps to 20 percent, according to the statewide Healthy Youth Survey.
Kaiser offers free iPhone app
Kaiser Permanente this month released its health management application for iPhone.
Hospital to host healthy kids fair
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is hosting its annual Healthy Kids Fair in June.
Support grows for bra collection effort
Gift of Lift campaign will now also benefit local women in shelters
What started as a clothing drive to collect brassieres for women in Haiti has morphed into a community-wide effort benefitting women in Clark County and abroad.
Advocates say consuming placenta after birth promotes moms' well-being
After giving birth to her first child in 2004, Lisa Southworth experienced awful postpartum depression.
Bike Clark County pedals safety message to schools
Nonprofit aims to create more responsible young bicyclists
Stephanie Vanveen stood at a makeshift intersection and watched as a couple dozen seventh-graders navigated on bicycles through the course.
Student documentary explores local farming history
Justine Hanrahan, a junior at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, is hosting a free viewing of her documentary, “History of Agriculture in Clark County.”
Free screening of HBO obesity documentary offered
Clark County and Kaiser Permanente are hosting a free screening of the HBO documentary, The Weight of the Nation.
Healing gardens benefit hospital patients, families, staff
The manicured gardens and green space at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center didn’t appear by happenstance.
‘Walk the Walk’ for drug-free Clark County
PREVENT! Coalition is hosting the third annual “Walk the Walk” 5K next month.
Free whooping cough vaccination clinic offered for uninsured
The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington will hold a free whooping cough immunization clinic later this month for uninsured adults.
Effort to reduce early deliveries paying off
State campaign to cut elective births benefits babies, officials say
More Washington babies are staying in utero longer thanks to a statewide push to reduce the number of elective deliveries.
Personal trainers offer free outdoor bootcamp
Northwest Personal Training is offering free outdoor bootcamp classes every week throughout the summer.
County offers Mental Health Month activities
Local and national groups are offering activities in observance of Mental Health Month in May.
Sinkhole reroutes traffic at PeaceHealth hospital
Ambulance and vehicle traffic at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is being rerouted due to a growing sinkhole.
More request whooping cough vaccinations
Clark County health care providers are fielding more requests for the whooping cough vaccine as the epidemic continues to spread across the county and state.
Residents lace up for Heart & Stroke Walk
More than 1,200 Vancouver-area residents are expected to take steps to improve their heart health on May 19 when they participate in the American Heart Association’s Heart & Stroke Walk.
Vancouver RVLution helps locals get, stay fit
Vancouver personal trainer Scott Binder is on a mission to revolutionize the local population through proper diet and exercise.
B.G. photographer campaigns to help suicidal teens
In the first three months of this year, the Battle Ground community has lost three teenagers who died by their own hands. So Korie Accetta started doing what she does best: taking photos.
Woodland considers full-time mayor
Laseke would get $30K a year pay bump until city administrator is hired
Woodland Mayor Grover Laseke may soon become a full-time city employee.
New service group takes shape
Camas, Washougal residents asked to share time to help their neighbors
This weekend, a few dozen Washougal and Camas residents will get back to doing what small towns do best: help one another.
Legacy Emanuel seeks stories
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the hospital will be featured in a six-month exhibit at the Oregon History Museum at the Oregon Historical Society.
Whooping cough continues to spread
County health officials say 74 of 92 local cases are in kids under 18
Whooping cough case numbers in Clark County are inching toward 100 as the epidemic continues in the rest of the state.
Camas, Washougal aim to kick weight
Cities launch yearlong weight-loss challenge
Camas Mayor Scott Higgins and Washougal Mayor Sean Guard faced off Wednesday, belly to belly, to encourage their communities to take control of their health.
Youth invited to make healthy habits videos
Clark County Public Health and Leadership Clark County are sponsoring a youth video contest to highlight healthy lifestyles.
Window safety tips offered after tot’s fall
Four inches. That’s the maximum amount a window can be open without posing a risk for a child. Even an inch more could give a child enough clearance to squeeze through the opening.
Winning recipe's creator used food diary to improve eating habits
Before Nicole Evans started keeping a food diary, she didn’t have a good idea of how much fat and calories she was consuming every day.
Judge denies Medicaid services provider’s injunction request
A federal judge denied the request by Vancouver-based Columbia United Providers to stop the state from implementing contracts with other health insurance plans to provide Medicaid services.
OHSU hosts macular degeneration seminar
The Casey Eye Institute at Oregon Health & Science University is hosting a free seminar on macular degeneration.
County decides against banning tobacco in parks
Restrictions strengthened in some parts of such sites
The Clark County Commissioners have decided against banning tobacco use at county parks, despite Vancouver city officials prohibiting the substance at its parks.
Whooping cough epidemic continues at record pace
State on target for more than 3,000 cases this year, the most in six decades
The state’s whooping cough epidemic is on pace to reach more than 3,000 cases this year — levels that haven’t been seen in more than six decades.
More people getting away from gluten
Those without health issues ditch processed foods containing the protein
For 33-year-old Natalie Middleton, meal times have become all about substitutions.
Vancouver group forms to ease pain
Health care providers share ideas about how best to treat patients
Southwest Washington clinicians across the health care spectrum are breaking new ground when it comes to providing pain care.
Whooping cough epidemic still spreading
Health officials advise vaccination; disease is dangerous for infants
The number of whooping cough cases statewide is nearing 1,000 as Clark County numbers creep toward 100.
OHSU offers free head, neck cancer screenings
The Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute is offering free screenings for cancers that develop on the skin (face and scalp) and in the mouth, throat and neck.
OHSU offers ‘Ask the Health Experts’ lectures
The spring/summer session of Oregon Health & Science University’s “Ask the Health Experts” seminar series is approaching.
Oregon E. coli outbreak sickens Clark County resident
Boy among 18 people who drank raw milk from dairy
An E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk from a farm near Wilsonville has sickened 18 people, including a Clark County child.
Medicaid patients focus of lawmakers
Gregoire urged to keep protective language in budget
State representatives from Southwest Washington are continuing the work they say protects Clark County’s Medicaid population, even though the special legislative session ended a week ago.
Woman with MS to join others in walk
Saturday event to raise money for services, research
Twelve months ago, Colleen Coy was undergoing tests to determine the cause of tingling in her feet and left hand.
Popularity of community-supported agriculture programs growing
RIDGEFIELD — Cover crop still blankets many portions of the earth at Northwest Organic Farms.
Sneezing season’s springing up, but help’s available for sufferers
A mix of avoidance and treatment techniques can lighten misery of sunny days
It’s that -- ah-choo! -- time of year again.
NAMI hosts annual walk fundraiser
Registration is now open for the 10th annual NAMI Northwest Walk in Portland.
Touchmark hosts Parkinson’s Awareness Day
Touchmark at Fairway Village will host a Parkinson’s Awareness Day this month.
Whooping cough rates continue to climb
Epidemic shows no sign of slowing down locally, statewide
Whooping cough rates continue to climb in Clark County and the rest of the state.
CUP asks federal judge for halt to state contracts
Ruling in Medicaid services provider’s case likely next week
Columbia United Providers officials and their attorney asked a federal judge Monday to halt the state’s effort to contract with other health insurance plans to provide Medicaid services.
Posing positive change
Yoga Calm classes teach young people to focus, improve self-control, and develop social skills
Purple yoga mats are spread across the floor of the room, creating a pattern with the carpet. Instrumental music playing from a small stereo fills the room. The natural light from the overcast sky peeks through the windows.
Kalama man injured in motorcycle crash
Police say biker, 64, was going too fast in Chelatchie Prairie
A Kalama man was injured this afternoon when his motorcycle struck a power pole in Chelatchie Prairie.
Easter Egg Hunt: Treasures of the spring
Children enjoy more than sweets on a bright morning outdoors
BATTLE GROUND -- The Easter Bunny arrived early in Battle Ground, filling Kiwanis Park with thousands of shiny pink, purple and blue plastic eggs Saturday morning.
Free dental care something to smile about
55 Clark County dental pros provide for low-income, uninsured
More than 200 low-income and uninsured Clark County residents had their dental needs met this week, free of charge.
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