April 23, 2025, 3:10pm Clark County Health
Clark County Public Health highlighted disparities in prenatal care access across the county, particularly for those with Medicaid, during a Wednesday presentation at the Board of Health meeting. Read story
April 23, 2025, 7:42am Health Free
Washingtonians’ medical debt will not be included in their credit reports, under a bill signed into law on Tuesday. Read story
April 24, 2025, 8:36am Health
While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no signs of letting up, beliefs about the safety of the measles vaccine and the threat of the disease are sharply polarized, fed by the anti-vaccine views… Read story
April 23, 2025, 8:25am Health
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. questioned the need for all children to get Covid shots amid reports that the U.S. government is considering revoking its current vaccine recommendations. Read story
April 23, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Health Updated 2 hours ago
Sandra Fachiol, a self-professed nerd and childhood tomboy, never saw herself as the pageant type. Read story
April 22, 2025, 11:30am Health
The measles outbreak that began in Gaines County in January has grown to 624 cases in Texas, according to a Tuesday morning update from the state public health department. Read story
Each year, more than 200,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer, including thousands of women in Washington. In honor of their fight — and as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — The Columbian published this collection of stories about the women who have received breast cancer diagnoses, the science and technological advances for treating them and the community that supports them.
April 22, 2025, 11:09am Health Updated 1 day ago
U.S. health officials said they plan to phase out eight petroleum-based artificial colors from the nation’s food supply, triggering an overhaul of scores of brightly hued products on American store shelves. Read story
April 22, 2025, 7:51am Health
As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by enshrining Medicaid expansion in their constitutions — creating a potential budget disaster and a political challenge for… Read story
April 22, 2025, 6:10am Business
A community review board has unanimously opposed Oregon Health & Science University’s proposed acquisition of Legacy Health. But the final decision lies elsewhere. Read story
April 22, 2025, 6:08am Clark County Health
On one of the warmest, sunniest days so far this year, the Lacamas Heritage Trail in Camas teemed with joggers, dog walkers and people shaking off winter with a stroll along Lacamas Lake. Read story