Published on June 26, 2023
In May, the Columbia County Public Health Department held seven pep rallies at schools throughout the county to encourage local youth to maintain a drug-free lifestyle. Guest speaker Jerria Martin, a prevention consultant from the Opioid Response Ne…
Published on July 30, 2022
Columbia County Public Health announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the county. The person, a Columbia County resident, did not require hospitalization and is isolating at home. Monkeypox is a potentially serious viral illness that typi…
Published on January 27, 2022
The Public Health Department has improved local access to COVID-19 testing by hosting a convenient testing site at the Columbia County Rider Transit Center located at 1155 Deer Island Road in St. Helens. The testing site is open daily from 10:00 AM …
Published on January 19, 2022
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has revised its guidelines for investigating COVID-19 cases. The revised guidelines focus less on interviewing individual cases and conducting contact tracing, and more on outbreaks in high-risk settings such as con…
Published on January 19, 2022
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has revised its guidelines for investigating COVID-19 cases. The revised guidelines focus less on interviewing individual cases and conducting contact tracing, and more on outbreaks in high-risk settings such as con…