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Northwest health care providers are in the midst of a new wave of demand for Covid vaccines. Federal health agencies have authorized booster shots for…
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Our life, post-Covid pandemic, may include vaccinations and masks. It may also become as routine as living with the flu.Health officials say we’re early…
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The Spokane Regional Board of Health has chosen a permanent health officer.The board, a body of elected officials and appointed community members, voted…
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Covid is public enemy number one for the Spokane Regional Health District, but syphilis is also high on its list of concern, especially for newborns. The…
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Spokane’s health district is asking the state Department of Health for help in re-establishing a community-based Covid testing site here.The county has…
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The Spokane Regional Health District this week is sponsoring a series of Covid vaccination clinics. Two of them are targeted at non-vaccinated people in…
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The Spokane Regional Health District is reporting that 92.7% of the region’s ICU beds are full.About 7.8% of those ICU beds are confirmed COVID-19 cases,…
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The Center for Disease Control is now recommending everyone, vaccinated or not, wear masks while indoors due to an increase in infections driven by the…
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Emergency medical technicians in Spokane County are reaching for Narcan more often to revive people suffering from opioid overdoses. Narcan is the brand…
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Spokane public health officials aren’t optimistic that the county’s drug overdose rate is going to decrease anytime soon. But if it does, one unusual…