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Washington Department of Health releases updated guidance for COVID-19

March 18, 2024, 4:17pm Clark County Health

The Washington State Department of Health released updated guidance Monday for how to protect against COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV. Read story

Children’s Center creates podcast to foster healthy conversations about mental illness

March 15, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health

Children’s Center, a nonprofit that provides mental health care to youth in Clark County, is hoping to foster healthy conversations about mental health and reduce the stigma through its new… Read story

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center seeking new members to join advisory council

March 15, 2024, 5:57am Clark County Health

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is seeking new members to join its Patient & Family Advisory Council to provide feedback around patient experiences through monthly sessions. Read story

This image provided by Perrigo Company shows boxes of Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill available later this month in the United States. Manufacturer Perrigo said March 4 that it has begun shipping the medication, called Opill, to major retailers and pharmacies.

First over-the-counter birth control pill will be in Clark County stores in April

This image provided by Perrigo Company shows boxes of Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill available later this month in the United States. Manufacturer Perrigo said March 4 that it has begun shipping the medication, called Opill, to major retailers and pharmacies.

March 14, 2024, 6:07am Clark County Health

The first over-the-counter birth control pill, sold without an age restriction, will be available from at least one Vancouver pharmacy next month. Read story

Clark County Commission on Aging hosts emergency series

March 14, 2024, 5:56am Clark County Health

The Clark County Commission on Aging continues its “Prepare in a Year” series with a discussion on creating an emergency kit. Read story

Brain researcher John Medina gives a lecture on the effects of food and exercise on cognitive ability to residents at The Park at University Village, an assisted and independent living home in the Vancouver area.

How the arts keep you sharp: Brain researcher delivers lecture on healthy aging at Vancouver assisted living home

Brain researcher John Medina gives a lecture on the effects of food and exercise on cognitive ability to residents at The Park at University Village, an assisted and independent living home in the Vancouver area.

March 13, 2024, 8:00pm Clark County Health

Most people know the basics of staying healthy: diet, exercise and social interactions. Read story

FILE - This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, indicated in blue/pink, cultured in a laboratory. The National Institutes of Health is opening a handful of studies to start testing possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition. The announcement, Monday, July 31, 2023 comes amid frustration from patients who've struggled for months or years with sometimes disabling health problems.

COVID-19, respiratory ailments ‘slowing down’ in Clark County

FILE - This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, indicated in blue/pink, cultured in a laboratory. The National Institutes of Health is opening a handful of studies to start testing possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition. The announcement, Monday, July 31, 2023 comes amid frustration from patients who've struggled for months or years with sometimes disabling health problems.

March 13, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

“Respiratory illness in general in Clark County seems to be slowing down,” Clark County Public Health spokesperson Marissa Armstrong said, and that includes COVID-19. (See the data for yourself at clark.wa.gov/public-health/respiratory-illness-data.) Read story

This electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a cluster of norovirus virions. (charles d.

That ‘stomach flu’ could be norovirus, say Clark County health officials

This electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a cluster of norovirus virions. (charles d.

March 13, 2024, 6:00am Clark County Health

If you’ve recently been laid low with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and aches (or even two or three of those things), you might have had norovirus. Commonly called “stomach flu,” it’s unrelated to the virus that causes the flu. Read story

Thrive2Survive director of operations Erin Honan, from right, talks about the organization&rsquo;s new recovery home, The Dewey House, with RePurpose Center diversion specialist Sunny Hannah, Thrive2Survive executive assistant Kandyss Hanset and Thrive2Survive founder Charles Hanset Jr.

Recovery home for men: The Dewey House opens with help from Clark County’s mental health sales tax

Thrive2Survive director of operations Erin Honan, from right, talks about the organization&rsquo;s new recovery home, The Dewey House, with RePurpose Center diversion specialist Sunny Hannah, Thrive2Survive executive assistant Kandyss Hanset and Thrive2Survive founder Charles Hanset Jr.

March 12, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health

Charles Hanset Jr. could list many things he admires about his late uncle, Dewey Long. He was extremely talented at playing the drums and fixing up cars, and he always tried to pass on his knowledge to young Hanset. Read story

Health experts say aromatics are good for your immune system, like those in this Thai-inspired soup.

It’s science! This soup will help cure what ails you in Northwest winters

Health experts say aromatics are good for your immune system, like those in this Thai-inspired soup.

March 12, 2024, 6:02am Clark County Health

Chicken noodle soup is simply a classic when someone is sick. The broth is good for a sore throat and the vegetables have plenty of vitamins to give the immune system a boost. In fact, a 2000 study published in an actual medical journal said as much. Read story