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Free hand sanitizers are given out during the Kick The Flu event for hospital employees at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in October 2018.

After late start, flu season is nearing its end

Free hand sanitizers are given out during the Kick The Flu event for hospital employees at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in October 2018.

April 25, 2019, 8:47pm Clark County Health

Flu season in Clark County is winding down after a late start. Read story

Clark County Public Health director Dr.

County nears end of measles outbreak

Clark County Public Health director Dr.

April 24, 2019, 8:37pm Clark County Health

The county is nearing the end of its measles outbreak after the first case was announced Jan. 4 by Clark County Public Health. Read story

Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, and Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, shown in Vancouver on Nov. 7, introduced a bill that would remove the personal exemption for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

Washington bill limits measles vaccine exemptions

Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, and Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, shown in Vancouver on Nov. 7, introduced a bill that would remove the personal exemption for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

April 23, 2019, 5:15pm Clark County Health

Washington lawmakers voted Tuesday to remove parents' ability to claim a personal or philosophical exemption from vaccinating their children for measles, although medical and religious exemptions will remain. Read story

Millie Wilkins of Battle Ground gets her heart rate up while working out during an EnhanceFitness class at Battle Ground Community Center.

CDC awards Public Health $300,000 grant

Millie Wilkins of Battle Ground gets her heart rate up while working out during an EnhanceFitness class at Battle Ground Community Center.

April 23, 2019, 6:02am Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health was awarded a $300,000 grant that it will put toward improving physical activity and nutrition. Read story

Fiona Chang, from left, and her triplet sisters, Madeline and Amelia, all 4 and of Camas, help clean up balls during a tennis lesson at Vancouver Tennis Center. Wendy Chang, the triplets’ mom, won a state championship at Bellevue High School, and was on Yale University’s tennis team.

Vancouver Tennis Center has two sets of triplets picking up racquets

Fiona Chang, from left, and her triplet sisters, Madeline and Amelia, all 4 and of Camas, help clean up balls during a tennis lesson at Vancouver Tennis Center. Wendy Chang, the triplets’ mom, won a state championship at Bellevue High School, and was on Yale University’s tennis team.

April 22, 2019, 6:10am Clark County Health

The answers spurt out simultaneously, all three kids speaking in unison. Read story

Two Clark County clinics to receive $100,000 grants

April 18, 2019, 8:58pm Clark County Health

Two clinics that provide free health care to low-income residents in Clark County will receive $100,000 grants from a coalition of regional medical providers. Read story

Opponents of efforts to remove philosophical exemptions from school-vaccine requirements rally outside the Washington Capitol on Wednesday in Olympia.

Senate OKs vaccine bill after debate

Opponents of efforts to remove philosophical exemptions from school-vaccine requirements rally outside the Washington Capitol on Wednesday in Olympia.

April 18, 2019, 8:35pm Clark County Health

Rep. Paul Harris recalled sitting in his office at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday when he received a text informing him that one of his key priorities for the current legislative session was dead. Read story

T’Sai-Ying Cheng, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Princeton University, tends to the garden at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center while volunteering for Earth Day. Cheng received her Ph.D. in 1964, and now she runs a Vancouver speciality plant nursery called TC Gardens.

Princeton’s first female Ph.D. now nurtures Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center’s retreat

T’Sai-Ying Cheng, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Princeton University, tends to the garden at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center while volunteering for Earth Day. Cheng received her Ph.D. in 1964, and now she runs a Vancouver speciality plant nursery called TC Gardens.

April 17, 2019, 8:43pm Clark County Health

There were a handful of people gardening at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center’s Earth Day celebration Wednesday, and among them was T’Sai-Ying Cheng. Read story

Justin McMillen, from left, is CEO of Tree House Recovery, and brothers Clayton, COO, and Brandon, admissions director, help him run the recovery program.

Battle Ground brothers take creative approach to addiction recovery

Justin McMillen, from left, is CEO of Tree House Recovery, and brothers Clayton, COO, and Brandon, admissions director, help him run the recovery program.

April 17, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

Nick Alquiza, 23, was drawn to the fact that addiction recovery could be physical. Read story

Sana Mir, 4, from left, tries to get another sip of her dad’s tea, as Ahsan Mir, 50, and Asiya Mir, 2, watch a show after dinner at their Vancouver home. Ahsan was diagnosed with kidney failure about eight years ago, but he ignored his diagnosis until recently. Now he’s trying to seek help through a kidney transplant.

Vancouver man needs kidney transplant to avoid dialysis

Sana Mir, 4, from left, tries to get another sip of her dad’s tea, as Ahsan Mir, 50, and Asiya Mir, 2, watch a show after dinner at their Vancouver home. Ahsan was diagnosed with kidney failure about eight years ago, but he ignored his diagnosis until recently. Now he’s trying to seek help through a kidney transplant.

April 17, 2019, 6:00am Clark County Health

It took about eight years for Ahsan Mir to acknowledge he needed help. Read story