January 25, 2022, 7:04pm Health
A national blood shortage caused by a surge in omicron cases has hit Idaho hard, with some hospitals nearly running out of the critical medical resource before they are resupplied, state health officials said Tuesday. Read story
January 25, 2022, 4:20pm Clark County Health Free
Vancouver Public Schools closed its COVID-19 testing center at the Jim Parsley Center Complex in Vancouver at noon Tuesday due to a staffing shortage. Read story
January 25, 2022, 7:43am Business
Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant. Read story
January 25, 2022, 6:00am Health
Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. Read story
January 24, 2022, 3:59pm Health
World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous variant arising. Read story
January 24, 2022, 9:04am Health
The World Health Organization's director-general on Monday warned that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and it's dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame.” Read story
January 24, 2022, 8:43am Health
Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments, saying the protocols discriminate against white people. Read story
January 23, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Health Subscriber Exclusive
The long-term care industry is facing the worst staffing shortages among all health care providers nationwide, and Clark County is being impacted. Read story