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  • Vaccinations move into second phase, but quantity limited

    Carey Guhlke-Falk, Lincoln Hospital|Updated Jan 21, 2021

    DAVENPORT – Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday the move into Phase B1 for COVID-19 vaccinations. The phase includes individuals age 65 and over and those over 50 who live in a multigenerational household. Lincoln Hospital and Clinics is now providing COVID-19 vaccinations to this group of people as the vaccine supply is available. “We would love to vaccinate everyone who wants it, but we have to have the vaccine to do it and we have to follow the state’s distribution plan,” K...

  • Health care providers prepare for Ebola and the flu season

    CAREY GUHLKE-FALK|Updated Nov 5, 2014

    Ebola is not an eminent threat to the Pacific Northwest, but healthcare providers at Lincoln Hospital and North Basin Medical Clinics in Davenport, Wilbur, and Reardan and at Odessa Memorial Hospital and Clinic in Odessa are taking steps to be prepared in the event the virus arrives on their doorsteps. “An outbreak of Ebola virus disease is unlikely to occur in Washington,” said Ed Dzedzy, Lincoln County Public Health Administrator. “We have good infection-control practices, well-trained public health staff and a proce...