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Dentist Karl Rose and a hygienist work on one of 307 children who received free dental care during the second annual Children’s Dental Health Day at Clark College. This year’s event is Saturday.

Annual Children’s Dental Day something to smile about

Dentist Karl Rose and a hygienist work on one of 307 children who received free dental care during the second annual Children’s Dental Health Day at Clark College. This year’s event is Saturday.

January 31, 2019, 9:14pm Clark County Health

This is why Dr. Peter Lubisich became a pediatric dentist. Read story

Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, has announced she’ll introduce a more expansive bill that would remove the opt-out for immunizations other than the MMR shot for public school children.

Sen. Cleveland plans stricter vaccine bill, removes opt-out for more than MMR

Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, has announced she’ll introduce a more expansive bill that would remove the opt-out for immunizations other than the MMR shot for public school children.

January 31, 2019, 4:04pm Clark County Health

Nearly a week after Washington lawmakers introduced legislation that would eliminate the state’s personal exemption for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination, Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, has announced she’ll introduce a more expansive bill that would remove the opt-out for other immunizations. Read story

Boxes of the MMR vaccines at Patient Direct Care in Battle Ground.

Minnehaha Elementary School exposed to measles; 41 Clark County cases confirmed

Boxes of the MMR vaccines at Patient Direct Care in Battle Ground.

January 31, 2019, 1:09pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health has added Minnehaha Elementary School as an exposure site in the ongoing measles outbreak in the county. A total of 41 cases of measles have been confirmed in Clark County, along with 15 suspected cases. Read story

Representative Paul Harris, Ranking Member, House Education Committee, left, and Representative Monica Stonier, Vice-Chair, House Education Committee, speak to the Washington State Board of Education at Educational Service District 112 on Nov. 7.

House Bill targets vaccine exemptions

Representative Paul Harris, Ranking Member, House Education Committee, left, and Representative Monica Stonier, Vice-Chair, House Education Committee, speak to the Washington State Board of Education at Educational Service District 112 on Nov. 7.

January 30, 2019, 7:14pm Clark County Health

In response to a measles outbreak that has spread from Clark County to King County and Oregon, legislators have introduced a bill that would prohibit children from being exempted from vaccinations for the disease out of personal or philosophical reasons. Read story

A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine Jan. 29 at his practice in Northridge, Calif.

Clark County confirms 38 measles cases; 3 traveled to Hawaii, Bend

A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine Jan. 29 at his practice in Northridge, Calif.

January 30, 2019, 12:33pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health has confirmed 38 measles cases and 13 suspected cases in its ongoing outbreak investigation since Jan. 1. Three cases have traveled outside the county. Read story

Free support group for youth dealing with grief

January 30, 2019, 5:55am Clark County Health

Community Home Health & Hospice is now offering free grief-support groups for youth in Clark County. Read story

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Clark County up to 36 confirmed measles cases

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January 29, 2019, 12:53pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health has confirmed 36 measles cases since Jan. 1 in its ongoing outbreak investigation. There have been cases confirmed in King County and Multnomah County, Ore., and possible exposure sites are being investigated in Deschutes County in Oregon. Read story

Prevent Coalition to host vaping discussion in Vancouver

January 29, 2019, 6:01am Clark County Health

Prevent Coalition will host a free, public discussion centered around teen vaping from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the ESD Conference Center, 2500 N.E. 65th Ave., Vancouver. Read story

A measles vaccine (Associated Press files)

OMSI added to measles exposure sites; 35 Clark County cases confirmed

A measles vaccine (Associated Press files)

January 28, 2019, 12:50pm Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health has confirmed 35 measles cases, and 11 suspected cases since Jan. 1 as part of its ongoing measles outbreak investigation. Read story

A hospital security worker, who declined to be identified, stands at a door at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver while screening for visitors under 12 years old and those who have not been vaccinated for measles as part of the hospital’s measles outbreak protocol. Children, especially kids under 5, are especially vulnerable to contracting measles.

Clark County measles outbreak: ‘It’s totally preventable’

A hospital security worker, who declined to be identified, stands at a door at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver while screening for visitors under 12 years old and those who have not been vaccinated for measles as part of the hospital’s measles outbreak protocol. Children, especially kids under 5, are especially vulnerable to contracting measles.

January 28, 2019, 6:05am Clark County Health

Clark County Public Health Director Dr. Alan Melnick, 65, remembers when he had measles as a kid and remembers spending days in bed with the blinds drawn due to the conjunctivitis and photophobia measles causes. Read story