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Columbian Health Reporter

The PeaceHealth headquarters in east Vancouver.

Two more leaders depart PeaceHealth

The PeaceHealth headquarters in east Vancouver.

August 31, 2015, 5:32pm Business

More leadership changes are in store for Vancouver-based PeaceHealth after the departures of another two top leaders -- one after less than three months on the job. Read story

Getting ready for a new school year can be stressful.

School nerves normal for kids

Getting ready for a new school year can be stressful.

August 31, 2015, 6:00am Clark County Health

Experts share advice with how to help anxious kids cope in class Read story

Be Fit group hosts weight-loss challenge

August 24, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

The Be Fit Meetup Group offering free fitness and nutrition education classes is hosting a community weight-loss challenge. Read story

Defeat ALS walks scheduled across region

August 23, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

The ALS Association is hosting walks in six cities in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Read story

Doula Julia Schetky applies pressure to Brittany Lawrence's sacrum to help with contractions and back pain during labor.

Depending on doulas in childbirth

Doula Julia Schetky applies pressure to Brittany Lawrence's sacrum to help with contractions and back pain during labor.

August 23, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

When Julia Schetky's birthing plan changed late in her pregnancy, the Salmon Creek woman was caught in a whirlwind. Read story

Vancouver Walgreens to have health clinic

August 20, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

An east Vancouver Walgreens store will be among the first of two dozen stores in the Northwest to open a retail health clinic. Read story

Neal Bradshaw, a manufacturing engineer at Pedigo Products, center, holds a copper handrail for a hospital stretcher as Rick Pedigo, chief executive officer, left, and Eric Hjort, director of business development, discuss the new product at the company's headquarters in Vancouver.

Vancouver’s Pedigo uses alloy as ally against infection

Neal Bradshaw, a manufacturing engineer at Pedigo Products, center, holds a copper handrail for a hospital stretcher as Rick Pedigo, chief executive officer, left, and Eric Hjort, director of business development, discuss the new product at the company's headquarters in Vancouver.

August 16, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

On any given day, one in about 25 hospital patients has at least one health care-associated infection. In 2011, an estimated 722,000 patients contracted an infection in a U.S. hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read story

Kacia Gauthier, neonatal intensive care unit manager at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, left, wishes Breanna Bullion of La Center a happy 10th birthday after presenting the girl with a stuffed giraffe from the hospital staff. Breanna was the first patient at the Salmon Creek hospital when it opened 10 years ago.

Legacy Salmon Creek turns 10

Kacia Gauthier, neonatal intensive care unit manager at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, left, wishes Breanna Bullion of La Center a happy 10th birthday after presenting the girl with a stuffed giraffe from the hospital staff. Breanna was the first patient at the Salmon Creek hospital when it opened 10 years ago.

August 14, 2015, 5:00pm Business

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center celebrated its 10th birthday with a round of the "Happy Birthday" song — not for the hospital, but for its first patient, Breanna Bullion. Read story

The PeaceHealth headquarters in east Vancouver.

PeaceHealth names new president, CEO

The PeaceHealth headquarters in east Vancouver.

August 13, 2015, 5:00pm Business

PeaceHealth named a new president and chief executive officer Friday afternoon — the latest in a string of leadership changes this year. Read story

The chambers of the Washington state Supreme Court sit empty Thursday in Olympia.

Local educators see court’s sanctions as call to quick action

The chambers of the Washington state Supreme Court sit empty Thursday in Olympia.

August 13, 2015, 5:00pm Clark County News

Local school superintendents said Thursday that the state Supreme Court's sanctions against the state over education funding are a call for legislators to quickly come up with a plan to fully fund basic education. However, local legislators said they doubt a special session on education funding will happen this year. Read story