Public Health

Just like 911, there is a new, nationwide emergency phone number for the public, dedicated to suicide and mental health crises.

Cow Creek Public Health will begin vaccinating children under the age of 5 for COVID-19 on Friday.

President Biden has directed his Administration to work urgently to ensure that during the Abbott Nutrition voluntary recall, infant formula is safe and available for families across the country.

A third series of free, at-home COVID-19 self tests are available to order from the U.S. Government, federal health officials announced in May.

Fentanyl has taken root in Montana and in communities across the Mountain West during the pandemic, after formerly being prevalent mostly east of the Mississippi River.

Cow Creek Public Health will begin administering COVID-19 booster shots to kids between ages 5-11 beginning Tuesday, May 31.

Another COVID-19 variant is circulating in the U.S., so Cow Creek Public Health is responding by renewing efforts to administer vaccines and booster doses to anyone eligible.

A second series of free, at-home COVID-19 self tests are available to order from the U.S. Government, federal officials announced in early March.

In response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 causing a surge in infections regionally across Southern Oregon, Cow Creek Health and Wellness and Cow Creek Public Health are reopening COVID-19 [...]

Every American household can now order four at-home COVID testing kits per month, free of charge, from the U.S. Government.