March 28, 2024, 6:09am Clark County Health
Six students at Hockinson High School are raising money to boost access to period products for middle school girls, an effort they hope will reduce the shame some feel around… Read story
March 27, 2024, 7:30am Health Updated 1 day ago
As the country parsed U.S. Supreme Court justices’ questions in a case that could restrict access to abortion pills, local Planned Parenthood leaders and Democratic elected officials said Washington has… Read story
March 28, 2024, 2:10pm Clark County Health Updated 14 hours ago
State health officials suspended the provider credential for a former Daybreak Youth Services counselor charged in Clark County Superior Court with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. Read story
March 28, 2024, 1:05pm Health
The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Read story
March 28, 2024, 8:10am Health
Seattle Children’s Hospital received a $50 million donation from the William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation to further childhood cancer research and prevention, the hospital announced Thursday. Read story
March 28, 2024, 8:00am Health
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk. 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.
March 28, 2024, 7:56am Health Updated 20 hours ago
A bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday will limit the cost of some lifesaving medicines, according to an announcement from Rep. Dave Zpaul, D-Oak Harbor, the bill’s sponsor. Read story
March 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health Updated 19 hours ago
The city of Vancouver this week took a step toward removing forever chemicals from the municipal water supply. Read story
March 27, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Health
The city of Vancouver will soon be able to tap into opioid settlement funds to help fight Southwest Washington’s opioid crisis. Read story
March 27, 2024, 6:06am Clark County Health Updated 19 hours ago
There’s an old adage that nothing lasts forever, except perhaps true love and diamonds. Now we can add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, to that short list. In recent years, both the city of Vancouver and Clark Public Utilities have discovered PFAS, more commonly known as “forever chemicals,” in… Read story