The Chelan-Douglas Health District (CDHD) has installed a low-barrier vending machine stocked with critical prevention and testing supplies inside its lobby.
The machine, which is located at 200 Valley Mall Parkway in East Wenatchee, dispenses the opioid blocking drug naloxone (also known as Narcan), COVID-19 testing kits, and prevention materials for sexually transmitted diseases (STI)...
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After spending three years as the Health Administrator for the Chelan-Douglas Health District (CDHD), Luke Davies is stepping down.
His resignation was announced in a press release from CDHD this morning (Friday, Feb. 2).
Davies says he'd been contemplating the move for some time...
East Wenatchee Mayor, Jerrilea Crawford, will head the Chelan-Douglas Board of Health in 2024.
Crawford, who is one of six elected officials on the board, was appointed to chair the eleven-member panel at a health district meeting on Monday...
The Chelan-Douglas Health Board voted to rescind their COVID-19 Emergency Order, going into effect on May 11.
On Feb. 29 of 2020, Gov. Jay Inslee issued a statewide Emergency Proclamation in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. That order was lifted back in November of 2022.
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Davies said the pandemic is moving in a positive direction and that COVID-19 may soon be normalized, similar to how the Spanish Influenza pandemic normalized the flu.
Chelan-Douglas Health District is currently monitoring case activity in western Washington to determine when the variant is expected to reach our region.