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Clark County Health

Kaiser Permanente grants Free Clinic $75K

August 24, 2016, 6:05pm Clark County Health

Kaiser Permanente Northwest granted the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington a three-year, $75,000 grant to support the clinic's Project Access program. Read story

PeaceHealth exec Kirk Raboin leaves

August 17, 2016, 5:21pm Business

Another PeaceHealth executive is leaving the Vancouver-based health system. Read story

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is behind the large outbreaks of Zika virus.

First Zika virus case reported in Clark County; no threat to public

The Aedes aegypti mosquito is behind the large outbreaks of Zika virus.

August 17, 2016, 3:21pm Clark County Health

Clark County confirmed its first reported case of the Zika virus, but public health officials advised the case does not present a risk to the public. Read story

Washougal resident Susan Warford, front, joins fellow students as they try to do a low lunge on a paddleboard during a stand-up paddleboard yoga class on Round Lake in Camas.

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Washougal resident Susan Warford, front, joins fellow students as they try to do a low lunge on a paddleboard during a stand-up paddleboard yoga class on Round Lake in Camas.

August 14, 2016, 6:02am Clark County Health

Carla Slocum helps teach stand-up paddleboard yoga in the summer to get people out of their comfort zones. I’m already uncomfortable and I’m still on land. Read story

Three join Free Clinic board of directors

August 10, 2016, 6:02am Clark County Health

Three health care leaders joined the Free Clinic of Southwest Washington's board of directors: Gena Bailey, Dr. J. Bruce Bell and Dr. Kelly Smith. Read story

Jackson Gleason, 9, sits up Monday in his hospital room at Randall Children&#039;s Hospital in Portland. The Sherwood, Ore., boy&#039;s condition has improved substantially since he nearly drowned July 21 in a Vancouver pool.

Boy who nearly drowned in Vancouver pool improving

Jackson Gleason, 9, sits up Monday in his hospital room at Randall Children&#039;s Hospital in Portland. The Sherwood, Ore., boy&#039;s condition has improved substantially since he nearly drowned July 21 in a Vancouver pool.

August 9, 2016, 6:31pm Clark County Health

Jackson Gleason’s family had planned to meet with doctors Aug. 4 about performing a tracheotomy on the boy, who almost drowned last month in Vancouver and had been on life support for two weeks. Read story

Eleven-year-old Cavan Franklin, who has cerebral palsy, rides a pony Monday at the Clark County Fair with the help of Scott Taube, a captain at Clark County Fire District 6, and Cavan&#039;s mom, Brandi Franklin. Cavan was one of six children chosen to participate in the local Memory Makers program, which guides medically fragile children and their families through the fair.

Making memories at Clark County Fair

Eleven-year-old Cavan Franklin, who has cerebral palsy, rides a pony Monday at the Clark County Fair with the help of Scott Taube, a captain at Clark County Fire District 6, and Cavan&#039;s mom, Brandi Franklin. Cavan was one of six children chosen to participate in the local Memory Makers program, which guides medically fragile children and their families through the fair.

August 8, 2016, 7:05pm Clark County Health

A wide grin spread across Cavan Franklin’s face as he was lifted from his wheelchair and set onto a pony for a quick ride Monday at the Clark County Fair. Read story

Free vaccinations available in Clark County

August 7, 2016, 6:00am Clark County Health

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Class to aid those with prediabetes diagnosis

August 5, 2016, 5:07pm Clark County Health

A prediabetes class will be from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 13 at The Vancouver Clinic, 700 N.E. 87th Ave., Vancouver. Read story

Marilyn Olmsted, co-owner of Urban Float Vancouver, a sensory deprivation tank spa, sits with a tank in a private room.

Urban Float brings sensory deprivation experience to Vancouver

Marilyn Olmsted, co-owner of Urban Float Vancouver, a sensory deprivation tank spa, sits with a tank in a private room.

August 4, 2016, 6:03am Business

To the uninitiated and claustrophobic, floating naked (or nearly so) inside pearl-shaped tank, sealed off from the lights, sights, sounds and smells of the outside world may sound anything but relaxing — until they try it. Read story