May 19, 2022, 3:57pm Clark County Health Free
Clark County’s reported COVID-19 activity rate increased this week as disease activity reaches levels not seen since mid-February. Read story
May 20, 2022, 8:06am Health Updated 2 days ago
Scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa say they are baffled by the disease’s recent spread in Europe and North America. Read story
May 20, 2022, 8:09am Health
European and American health authorities have identified a number of monkeypox cases in recent days, mostly in young men. It’s a surprising outbreak of a disease that rarely appears outside Africa. Read story
May 19, 2022, 3:37pm Health
Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday. Read story
May 19, 2022, 12:24pm Business
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a woman who expected to pay about $1,300 for spinal fusion surgery but was billed more than $300,000 by a suburban Denver hospital that included charges it never disclosed she might be liable for. Read story
May 19, 2022, 10:30am Health
The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced congressional lawmakers for the first time Thursday over the shortage of baby formula that has rattled American parents and become a growing political liability for President Joe Biden. 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.
May 19, 2022, 6:03am Clark County Health Free
Pink Lemonade Project’s Pink Glow Gala, held May 6 at ilani, raised a record-breaking $425,000 with 530 guests in attendance. Read story
May 18, 2022, 7:05pm Clark County Health Free
Clark County schools reported 536 new cases of COVID-19 since last week, continuing a similar trend that saw 560 cases the week prior. Case totals in recent weeks have risen considerably to levels not seen locally since the tail end of the omicron wave in February. Health officials have warned… Read story
May 18, 2022, 5:57pm Business
A new Vancouver Wellness Studio spa is coming to the AC Hotel Vancouver Waterfront, offering massage therapy, acupuncture, facials, platelet-rich plasma injections, infrared saunas and IV therapy. Read story
May 18, 2022, 9:26am Health
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking. Read story