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Category: Wellness
International Overdose Awareness Day 2025; Remembering Those We’ve Lost, Educating About Saving Lives with Narcan, Counseling & Hope
On August 31, 2025, the world will come together for International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) to honor those lost to overdose, reduce stigma, and promote prevention. Started in 2001 by the Pennington…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: WHOOPING COUGH OUTBREAK IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY; BEST PROTECTION GET VACCINATED!
There is a confirmed outbreak of Pertussis, otherwise known as “Whooping Cough,” in Tillamook County. Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection that causes violent coughing which can make it hard to…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY MAIN LIBRARY: SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK RETURNS – AUG. 30 & 31
Shakespeare in the Park: As You Like It Saturday, August 30 at 2 PM – Maxwell Library Park Join us under the summer sky for love, laughter, and mistaken identity in As…
IN GOOD HEALTH: What’s going on down there? Changes to Vulva in Menopause
By Leanna Coy, FNP-BC Women (people born with ovaries) experience many physical changes when their estrogen begins to decline in perimenopause. Some are obvious, such as hot flashes and weight gain in…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY FRIDAY AUG. 21 AT BLUE HERON
This Friday, August 22, 2025, join Tillamook County Community Health Centers for Overdose Awareness Day at Blue Heron, Tillamook from 3–7 PMThis community event is a chance to come together, challenge stigma,…
IN GOOD HEALTH: FDA Panel on SSRIs Use in Pregnancy Not Looking at Harm Reduction; Black Box Warning will Cause Harm, Confusion
By Leanna Coy, FPN-BC On July 21, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) convened a panel to discuss the safety of using a class of antidepressants in pregnancy. The drugs,…
US FISH & WILDLIFE: FREE Guided Plant Hike Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge August 16
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invites you to join rangers for a guided hike on flowers and other plants at Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The hike is on August 16…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Hot conditions could lead to heat-related illness
Preventive steps include limiting sun exposure, donning light clothing, recognizing heat stroke PORTLAND, Ore.—As summer reaches its peak – and with a hazardous heat watch in the forecast starting Sunday – Oregon Health Authority (OHA) encourages…
Seven Capes Bird Alliance Explores Alder Island Saturday Aug. 9
Start your summer weekend with a pleasant bird-watching stroll LINCOLN CITY, Ore. – On Saturday, August 9, Seven Capes Bird Alliance will offer a bird walk from 9-11 a.m. on the Alder Island…