A new effort by the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living, in conjunction with the state, aims to raise awareness regarding HIV in rural communities. (The Enterprise/FILE). ONTARIO – The Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living recently joined forces with the state to encourage people who live in rural areas[Read More…]

Masks would no longer be required indoors soon, the Oregon Health Authority said on Monday, Feb. 7. (The Enterprise/File photo) UPDATE: This story has been updated with comments from Alisha McBride, superintendent of the Vale School District, and Malheur County Health Department Director Sarah Poe. The days of being required[Read More…]

Pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11 is available from the Malheur County Health Department on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and on Saturday, Nov. 20. (The Enterprise/File). The Malheur County Health Department has announced a series of vaccine clinics into December. The agency also announced that vaccines for children 5 and[Read More…]

Malheur County Health Department statistics show certain sexually transmitted diseases increased from 2019 to 2020. (The Enterprise/File). ONTARIO – While the public health focus for the past year was on Covid, certain sexually transmitted diseases jumped in Malheur County. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV increased last year over 2019[Read More…]

Bobby DeLeon, counselor at Nyssa High School, says the mental health system runs up agains cultural values and other factors in the communities he serves. (Liliana Frankel/The Enterprise) VALE – A recent state report about mental health in the Latino community showed that while Latino youth are seeking mental healthcare[Read More…]

A decision by the state in December changed the way Covid results are reported at the county level. (The Enterprise/File). ONTARIO – Malheur County residents may have noticed a change in the way the county reports Covid cases and the positivity rate, providing less information then previously disclosed. The county[Read More…]

Angelica Resendiz, a registered nurse with the Malheur County Health Department shows one of the syringes used to deliver flu vaccine. (The Enterprise/Pat Caldwell). VALE – Area health officials say the flu vaccine may be even more important this year as the Covid epidemic continues to rage across Oregon and[Read More…]

ONTARIO – Malheur County reported its first hospitalized case of the COVID-19 virus Monday. The individual, an elderly woman over the age of 80, is being treated in a Boise hospital, according to Sarah Poe, Malheur County Health Department director. The woman didn’t contract the virus at a care center,[Read More…]

Saint Alphonus Medical Center Ontario joined a coalition of hospitals across the state urging residents not to avoid health care needs because of fear of the COVID-19 virus. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario joined hospitals statewide recently to urge residents not to delay care because of[Read More…]

Students at Nyssa Elementary learn about oral health through Healthy, Happy Smiles, a school-based oral health program targeting eastern Oregon. A study on children’s oral health published last month by the Oregon Health and Science University determined that Medicaid-enrolled children in Malheur County had the highest rate of access to[Read More…]