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Healthcare provider at Valley Clinic reviews a clipboard with a child patient seated on an exam table in a medical exam room with diagnostic equipment on the wall.

This year’s National Health Center Week theme is Celebrating Our Legacy, Shaping Our Future. The theme is timely, as Community Health Centers across the nation are celebrating the program’s 50th…

Child holding a red apple in one hand and a chocolate chip cookie in the other, illustrating a healthy food choice for kids.

Do you know why there’s so much talk these days about obesity in children? Children who are overweight when they are young have a much harder time losing weight when…

With recent wildfires in the area you may be wondering what this means for your children. The smoke from wildfires contains a mixture of gasses as well as fine particles…

Summer Health Tips to Help You Feel Your Best Make the most of summer by eating well and participating in physical activity every day. Here are some simple ideas to…

With the hot wet days and nights of summer come the biting insects, especially in those early evening hours when eating outdoors and enjoying the gentle weather of a summer…

It’s Men’s Health Month, and an important part of staying healthy is engaging in routine health care maintenance (getting the screening you are due for). At age 18 men should…

Hello Kids! Welcome to summer! Parents, time to start thinking about summer fun and activities. Time to get kids outside and moving. But while moving about the wild summer days…

Summer is unofficially here in the Inland Northwest and what better way to welcome it than to break out the barbecue grill! Grilling is a great way to cook a…

CHAS Health staff member examining a young patient

With it being National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), it is a great time to make sure we are promoting, encouraging, educating and reminding parents to have their children immunized. If…

Did you know March is National MS Education and Awareness Month? Multiple sclerosis affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide and is an unpredictable disease. I recently sat down with CHAS’ chief…