National Influenza Vaccination Week (Dec 5-9) is a call to all 6 months old and older to get their annual flu vaccine if they have not already. Flu remains a significant public…
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Make your holidays merry by preventing respiratory viruses like RSV
As Oregon emergency departments overflow, health officials offer tips for keeping loved ones healthy PORTLAND, Ore. – An increase in severe respiratory infections this season is putting pressure on Oregon’s already-strained hospitals as…
Mural Wall Recognizing Adventist Health Tillamook Military Veterans Unveiled This Week
On the week of Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2022, Adventist Health Tillamook President Eric Swanson unveiled a personal project a year in development to recognize Adventist Health Tillamook military veteran associates, providers,…
POSITIVE VIBES: Grief
EDITOR’S NOTE: How can a column called “Positive Vibes” have a story about grief? Because you can’t get to positive vibes with out journeying through all our emotions, and lately for most…
Tillamook County 2023 Calendar Contest ALL GRADES K-12 “Reconnecting with my Community” ART DUE – 11/10/22
SOS Tillamook—the Prevention Program of Tillamook Family Counseling Center, is excited to once again be gathering artwork from local students to be featured in the 2023 Tillamook County Calendar. The theme this…
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: Every Day is a Good Day to Focus on Mental Health – Resources
Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all and it is time to re-prioritize mental health. During world mental health day, we encourage you…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: What to expect for our third winter living with COVID-19; Boosters & Flu Shots
Infectious diseases spread more easily when people spend more time indoors during colder weather. As a result, cases of COVID-19 and the flu are expected to increase starting in November. After two…
Opioid overdoses increased in 2021, OHA report shows; Fentanyl and methamphetamine help fuel rise in deaths and hospitalizations
PORTLAND, Ore.—Methamphetamines and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl helped drive an increase in opioid overdoses and related deaths in 2021, according to a new Oregon Health Authority (OHA) report. The report shows that…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ANNOUNCES COVID-19 BOOSTER CLINICS THROUGHOUT COUNTY IN OCTOBER
Tillamook County Community Health Center’s pop-up vaccine clinic held last Saturday, September 24th gave over 260 doses of the Pfizer Bivalent Booster in just 4 hours! We appreciate everyone that was patient…
COVID-19 VACCINE EVENT IN CANNON BEACH TOMORROW WED. SEPT. 28TH – WALK-IN, NO APPOINTEMENT NEEDED
CANNON BEACH COVID-19 VACCINES EVENT TOMORROW Wednesday September 28 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm Cannon Beach Community Church, 132 E Washington St, Cannon Beach, OR (Church Just South Of Pig ‘N Pancake)…
