Lynne Lyne decided to move her 93-year-old mother, Jacque, into her Camas home in 2022 after noticing her mother’s cognitive decline worsening alongside her father’s health. It was a difficult decision and one that quickly proved harder in practice.
Martins Licis sat on a weight bench in the garage of his Camas home on a drizzly early April morning to take a break from lifting more than 900 pounds overhead.
Janis Jasinsky became a community educator for the Alzheimer’s Association a decade ago, but her connection to the organization runs even deeper.
Health care workers represented by the Oregon Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, AFT Local 5017, AFL-CIO voted to approve a new contract with Kaiser Permanente after a year of bargaining, a five-day strike in October and a vote of no confidence in Kaiser CEO Greg Adams.
Four short years ago, Vancouver-based CytoDyn was embroiled in scandal. But a group of executives fought to bring the biotech company back from the brink and now hope its leronlimab drug can provide a pathway to remission for one of the most lethal forms of breast cancer.
The Clark County Council unanimously approved a request from the Department of Jail Services last week to extend its contract with medical vendor WellPath for two more years to provide health services for inmates in the Clark County Jail and the Juvenile Detention Center.
Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for acute respiratory illness in Clark County peaked in February but remain high.
Washougal and other cities have a message: Please pick up after your pet.
The Clark County Council approved a request from Clark County Public Health last week to add a question about residents’ experience with racism and discrimination to an annual statewide survey.
The Clark County Council adopted a resolution last week calling on the Legislature to maintain funding for public health services through a statewide initiative known as Foundational Public Health Services.
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