Clark County Health

Vancouver Clinic is building its eighth location, planned on the border of east Vancouver and Camas near Highway 14. It's expected to open in November.

Vancouver Clinic expanding to east Vancouver-Camas border

December 12, 2019, 6:39pm Clark County Health

Vancouver Clinic is building a new location on the border of east Vancouver and Camas that is set to open in November and will offer urgent care, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, ophthalmology, labs and imaging. Read story

A woman using an electronic cigarette exhales a puff of smoke.

Clark County records first vaping lung injury

December 12, 2019, 3:46pm Clark County Health

Clark County has its first reported vaping-associated lung injury. Read story

At Harry S. Truman Elementary School,72 of the school’s approximately 520 students were out Wednesday, 61 on Tuesday and 82 on Monday. Students have fever, coughing and flu-like symptoms, district spokeswoman Pat Nuzzo said.

Dozens of Vancouver elementary students home sick

December 11, 2019, 7:12pm Clark County Health

Dozens of students are out sick at three Vancouver Public Schools elementary schools, prompting cleaning, disinfecting and, in one case, a letter to parents warning them of the symptoms of the stomach flu. Read story

Hayley Oja, from left, Arlene Rose and Musse Barclay at Hockinson High School with a new walker Rose purchased with money raised by two of her students. Rose is a substitute teacher who has a rare neurological disease that inhibits her ability to walk. The students raised money to help her purchase a walker and a wheelchair.

Two Hockinson High School seniors helped substitute teacher buy an electric wheelchair

December 9, 2019, 6:04am Clark County Health

When Musse Barclay moved from Ethiopia to Clark County in 2008 to live with his adopted family, there were growing pains in his new environment. Read story

Clark County Dental Society president aims to increase collaboration and transparency

December 8, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Health

Clark County Dental Society President Keith Collins is trying to create greater medical record transparency and collaboration in Southwest Washington. Read story

Opioid Task Force builds foundation in Clark County

Jim Jensen, a manager of collaboration and learning with Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health, left, talks with Randall Brewster during an Opioid Task Force meeting at Bridgeview Resource Center in Vancouver. Jensen is the task force facilitator.

The parking lot at Bridgeview Resource Center in Vancouver was full on the late November day. There were only a few available chairs at the meeting. It took more than 20 minutes for the more than 30 people to introduce themselves. Read story

Thanksgiving blood drive in Vancouver brings out all kinds

Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian
Clarissa Duff of Portland, left, chats with volunteer collection specialist Laura Hathaway, right, during the Thanksgiving morning blood drive at the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center in Vancouver. Hathaway volunteered her time to help at the blood drive, she said. "I like to give back and Thanksgiving is a good time to be thankful for what we have here."

They were gone by the time The Columbian stopped by late on Thanksgiving morning, but staffers running an American Red Cross blood drive said a large family had come in earlier to donate life in honor of their late father, who died recently. Read story