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Columbian Health Reporter

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Vancouver man makes insurance fraud most-wanted list

Erich Scott

October 4, 2016, 11:03am Clark County News

A Vancouver man is now featured on state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s insurance fraud most-wanted list after failing to appear in court to face felony charges. Read story

Stephanie Holladay of Portland, left, donated a kidney to Vancouver resident Scott Warren -- a man she had never met -- in May. Holladay heard about Warren&#039;s need for a kidney through his social media campaign to find a living donor.

Portland woman donates kidney to Vancouver man she didn’t know

Stephanie Holladay of Portland, left, donated a kidney to Vancouver resident Scott Warren -- a man she had never met -- in May. Holladay heard about Warren&#039;s need for a kidney through his social media campaign to find a living donor.

October 3, 2016, 6:00am Clark County Health

Stephanie Holladay had never considered organ donation, but a newspaper article and a Google search led the Portland woman to give a life-saving gift to a Vancouver man she had never met. Read story

Crisis center sought for Vancouver

September 29, 2016, 8:59pm Clark County News

Clark and Skamania counties are asking Gov. Jay Inslee for funding to build a new behavioral health crisis triage and stabilization center in Vancouver. The center would increase capacity for crisis stabilization and treatment and evaluation beds and bring a new, much needed service to Southwest Washington — a secure… Read story

A courtyard at Community Home Health &amp; Hospice in Vancouver in 2015.

Vancouver businessman donates $1 million for grief center

A courtyard at Community Home Health &amp; Hospice in Vancouver in 2015.

September 28, 2016, 10:53am Clark County Health

A Vancouver businessman donated $1 million toward the construction of a new grief support center in honor of his late wife. Read story

Walkers to Light the Night on Oct. 8

September 26, 2016, 10:44am Clark County Health

Walkers will light the night this weekend to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Festivities for the annual Light the Night Walk begin at 5 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd., Portland. The remembrance ceremony begins at 6 p.m.; lantern… Read story

&quot;The recommendation is right now is a good time to get the vaccine,&quot; says Dr. Alan Melnick, Clark County Public Health director and health officer.

Health officials say it’s not too early for flu shot

&quot;The recommendation is right now is a good time to get the vaccine,&quot; says Dr. Alan Melnick, Clark County Public Health director and health officer.

September 26, 2016, 6:45am Clark County Health

Don’t let the summer weather fool you; fall has arrived. And that has health officials spreading a familiar message: Get your flu shot. Read story

Fall festival to raise money for muscular dystrophy

September 22, 2016, 10:36am Clark County Health

A new fall festival will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Portland. The PDX City of Cider is 4 to 10 p.m. Oct. 14 and noon to 8 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Portland Expo Center, 2060 N. Marine Dr., Portland. The event is open to all ages. Read story

PeaceHealth offers free mammograms for uninsured

September 22, 2016, 10:35am Breast Cancer

The Kearney Breast Center at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is offering free 3-D mammograms for those who are uninsured and underinsured. The free breast cancer screenings are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 22. The screenings are open to women who are over 40, have no current breast concerns, live… Read story

Clark County nursing assistant loses credentials over assault conviction

September 20, 2016, 7:08pm Clark County News

The state health department immediately suspended the nursing assistant credential of a Clark County woman following a felony conviction. Read story

Gary Gilliland, president of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, looks at a slide of Shigella dysenteriae under a microscope during a tour of Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School on Monday morning.

In praise of Henrietta Lacks

Gary Gilliland, president of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, looks at a slide of Shigella dysenteriae under a microscope during a tour of Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School on Monday morning.

September 19, 2016, 7:39pm Clark County News

Standing in front of Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School on Monday morning, Dr. Gary Gilliland couldn’t help but notice how Lacks’ story had come full circle. Read story