Deschutes County Health Department
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Carbon Monoxide Causes Trouble for Health Services Building

The original heating system is probably to blame and County officials want to replace it with an upgrade
Chris Miller

The main Deschutes County Health Services building on Northeast Courtney Drive shuttered its doors on April 29 after air quality tests discovered carbon monoxide in the building. The 22-year-old building reopened May 13. According to a release from DCHS, the amount of detected carbon monoxide was “very low levels” and happened in “limited areas of […]

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An uptick in tick-borne illness

Got a tick? Here’s what to do—and how to know whether it’s the Lyme disease-carrying kind
Avatar photo K.M. Collins

Stories about Central Oregon tick encounters are popping up all over social media. Last month, Kaylin Landry, who studies social sciences at Oregon State University-Cascades, described her tick confrontation by posting, “Guess who had her ‘Oh god, that was a tick that fell off my neck and into my cleavage!’ virginity taken today?” Landry explained, […]

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Incarcerated Adults Address Chronic Illness

Living Well workshops transform prisoners’ lives, save taxpayers’ money
M.W. Hill

A four-year-old program is saving taxpayers more than $10,000 per prisoner, per year, and making life better for people with chronic illnesses living behind bars. Since adopting the Living Well with Chronic Conditions program (LWCC) in 2012, more than 1,000 incarcerated adults in Oregon have improved their health and well-being by completing the course. According […]

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