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Health

Board of Health approves fee schedule

December 6, 2017 by Methow Valley News

The Okanogan County Board of Health has approved a 2018 fee schedule and budget for Public Health. Fees, which cover things like well-site evaluations, food-handler cards and birth certificates, haven’t changed at all. The budget includes an additional $30,000 to cover a transitional period because three long-time employees are expected to retire next year, said […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Health, Okanogan County Public Health

Children’s health program awaiting federal renewal

November 29, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Almost 16,000 children in Washington state will lose their free health coverage if Congress doesn’t reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which expired at the end of September.

By state law, CHIP provides free health insurance to all Washington children in families earning …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Health, Health insurance

‘Stomach flu’ takes a heavy toll locally

November 10, 2017 by Methow Valley News

A stomach flu bug has been traveling through the Methow Valley population over the past few weeks, affecting children and adults.

“We’re calling it gastroenteritis,” said Mistie Painter, a registered nurse at Family Health Centers in Twisp. “We’ve seen a variety of degrees of illness — some people with a little nausea …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Health

Federal grants for health centers

September 22, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Family Health Centers in Okanogan and Columbia Valley Community Health in Wenatchee have each received $175,700 grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support increased access to substance abuse and mental health services. More than $4 million in similar grants will support health centers around the country to expand and integrate […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Family Health Centers, Health

Federal grant will support improved health care networking

July 27, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Aero Methow Rescue Service recently was awarded a $100,000 grant by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

The Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant will enable Aero Methow to build a …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Aero Methow Rescue Service, Health

Aero Methow continually adapts to meet valley’s health care needs

July 27, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Providing vital medical services for nearly 2,000 square miles of remote and rugged terrain, Aero Methow Rescue Service operates under unique conditions.

The nonprofit based in Twisp is almost …

Filed Under: BUSINESS Tagged With: Aero Methow Rescue Service, Health

Low immunization rate in Methow Valley district worries health officials

March 17, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Immunization rates in the Methow Valley School District are among the lowest in the state, raising concerns among local health officials during this winter’s mumps outbreak, the state’s most serious in 50 years.

Almost 10 percent of the district’s 600 students are considered “at-risk” because they do not meet the required immunization schedule for …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Health, immunizations, Methow Valley School District, Okanogan County Public Health

Health officials urge immunization against mumps outbreak

March 1, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Washington state is seeing the largest outbreak of mumps since the 1970s, with 533 cases as of Feb. 27, including one case confirmed in an adult in Okanogan County last week.

The largest number of cases, 235, are in Spokane County, closely followed by King County with 205, and Pierce with 54. …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Health, immunizations

New patient beds arrive at Three Rivers

February 1, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Three Rivers Hospital is following through on its promise to invest in the facility when voters approved a levy lid lift last August, the hospital in Brewster said in a press release. The hospital celebrated the start of the new year with the arrival of 18 new patient beds, and more furniture will arrive within […]

Filed Under: BUSINESS Tagged With: Health, Three Rivers Hospital

New naturopathic physician in Twisp

January 5, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Dr. Kayla Preece, a naturopathic physician, has established a new practice, Standing Pine Health Clinic, at the North Glover Healing Center in Twisp. Preece graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. Other health care-related fields Preece has practiced include massage therapy and midwifery. She grew up in rural Idaho. Her undergraduate […]

Filed Under: BUSINESS Tagged With: Health, North Glover Healing Center, Standing Pine Health Clinic

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