testing – ClarkCountyToday.com https://www.clarkcountytoday.com Your News Source with Integrity Fri, 14 Jan 2022 23:41:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-Andis-CCT-Icon-NEW-170522-01-1-36x36.jpg testing – ClarkCountyToday.com https://www.clarkcountytoday.com 32 32 Public Health officials say COVID-19 testing demand may cause delays https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/public-health-officials-say-covid-19-testing-demand-may-cause-delays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-health-officials-say-covid-19-testing-demand-may-cause-delays https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/public-health-officials-say-covid-19-testing-demand-may-cause-delays/#respond Fri, 14 Jan 2022 23:39:10 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=108030 CCPH officials suggest that anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms and cannot access testing or is waiting for a test appointment should stay home and away from others unless they need to seek medical care.

CCPH officials suggest that anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms and cannot access testing or is waiting for a test appointment should stay home and away from others unless they need to seek medical care.]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/public-health-officials-say-covid-19-testing-demand-may-cause-delays/feed/ 0 State announces new COVID testing protocols for high school athletes https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/state-announces-new-covid-testing-protocols-for-high-school-athletes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-announces-new-covid-testing-protocols-for-high-school-athletes https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/state-announces-new-covid-testing-protocols-for-high-school-athletes/#respond Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:29:39 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=106897 State Department of Health will require high school athletes to be tested three times a week, and Clark County Public Health has recommended that the sport of wrestling be put on pause from now until the end of winter break.

State Department of Health will require high school athletes to be tested three times a week, and Clark County Public Health has recommended that the sport of wrestling be put on pause from now until the end of winter break. ]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/state-announces-new-covid-testing-protocols-for-high-school-athletes/feed/ 0 Prairie wrestling gets the go-ahead to proceed https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/prairie-wrestling-gets-the-go-ahead-to-proceed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prairie-wrestling-gets-the-go-ahead-to-proceed https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/prairie-wrestling-gets-the-go-ahead-to-proceed/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 20:11:03 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=97268 Prairie High School’s Jason Wilcox, right, shown here at the Clark County championships in 2020, said he is thrilled to have the opportunity to wrestle one final time for the Falcons. Prairie’s wrestling program had been shut down, but new rules regarding the pandemic means the team is planning on being able to compete next week. Photo by Jacob Granneman

New pandemic rules regarding wrestling leads to Battle Ground Public Schools to change its position, allowing the Prairie Falcons an opportunity to compete after all. ]]> https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/prairie-wrestling-gets-the-go-ahead-to-proceed/feed/ 0 Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler tours Tower Mall vaccination and testing site https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/congresswoman-jaime-herrera-beutler-tours-tower-mall-vaccination-and-testing-site/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congresswoman-jaime-herrera-beutler-tours-tower-mall-vaccination-and-testing-site Tue, 06 Apr 2021 01:28:03 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=95929 Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler is seen here at Vancouver’s Tower Mall vaccination site off Fourth Plain in April of 2021. Photo by Mike Schultz

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler visited Vancouver’s Tower Mall site that has been administering thousands of COVID-19 tests and vaccines for many weeks. ]]> COVID cases trend upward in Clark County for the first time in two months https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/covid-cases-trend-upward-in-clark-county-for-the-first-time-in-two-months/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-cases-trend-upward-in-clark-county-for-the-first-time-in-two-months Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:54:12 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=95279 The latest COVID case rate in Clark County ticked up this week for the first time in two months. Image courtesy Clark County Public Health

A recent uptick in cases of COVID-19 for Clark County and much of Washington state may be cause for concern, the experts say, but there’s no reason to panic.]]> Vancouver no barrier COVID-19 testing site averaging 150 people a day https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/vancouver-no-barrier-covid-19-testing-site-averaging-150-people-a-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vancouver-no-barrier-covid-19-testing-site-averaging-150-people-a-day Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:20:31 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=93947 People can drive through or walk up to the Tower Mall no-barrier COVID-19 testing site in Vancouver. Photo by Mike Schultz

More than 4,600 people have used the no barrier COVID-19 testing site in Vancouver since it opened on Jan. 12]]> Registration window for Fairgrounds vaccination site opens at noon today https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/registration-window-for-fairgrounds-vaccination-site-opens-at-noon-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=registration-window-for-fairgrounds-vaccination-site-opens-at-noon-today Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:11:35 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=93241 Cars line up at the Clark County Fairgrounds mass vaccination site. Photo by Mike Schultz

More than 3,000 people were vaccinated at the Fairgrounds site this past week, and there should be appointments for as many as 800 per day this week.]]> Free COVID testing clinic opens Tuesday morning at Vancouver’s Tower Mall site https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/free-covid-testing-clinic-opens-tuesday-morning-at-vancouvers-tower-mall-site/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-covid-testing-clinic-opens-tuesday-morning-at-vancouvers-tower-mall-site Tue, 12 Jan 2021 03:31:24 +0000 https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=92648 A city of Vancouver employee collects a sample from another city worker during a test run Monday of a no barrier COVID-19 testing site at Tower Mall. Photo by Mike Schultz

The testing will be free for drive-up and walk-up, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for at least the next couple of months.]]>