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New center aims to close healthcare gap for Port Gamble …

WEB0:26. KINGSTON — A new community health center for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe will be open and offering health and wellness services to tribal members …

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Suquamish Tribe's Healing House opening for Medicaid patients

WEBThe clinic opens Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closes from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch. New patients with Medicaid insurance can call …

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Exercises to restore your breathing pattern to a healthy place

WEBBreathing has been an intrinsic feature of our lives since the day we were born. Akin to background noise, we inhale and exhale thousands of times per day, the vast …

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A doctor's advice when it comes to nutrition, diets and good health

WEBUnderstanding why this is the case takes a bit more explanation and knowing might help us shift to and stick with a healthier diet. Plants have more of the things …

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Young children now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine in Kitsap County

WEBThe latest wave of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old, began last week in Kitsap County. The Kitsap Public Health …

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Hospital Capacity in Kitsap County, …

WEBPatients currently hospitalized in an inpatient bed who have laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. Include those in observation beds. Include patients who have both …

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Kitsap's board of health is expanding. Who is expected to join

WEBUnder the new structure, Kitsap’s health board will expand from seven to 10 members.Two of the three Kitsap County commissioners will at some point leave the …

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Kitsap Mental Health hosts forum on emerging drug treatment …

WEBThe talk is the first of what Kitsap Mental Health Services says will be a series of educational events addressing community topics. It comes as city, county, and …

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Kitsap Mental Health Services sends providers to Salvation Army

WEB0:04. 0:26. Accessing mental health and substance use resources is now more streamlined for Bremerton’s most vulnerable, with Kitsap Mental Health Services …

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Progress reported in 2023 Kitsap County homeless outreach …

WEBDespite nearly 100 encampment sites being cleared in recent years, root causes like health access and affordability lead to a persistent issue.

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Kitsap Transit's Gateway Center hosts COVID-19 vaccination clinic

WEBAusten Macalus is the Kitsap Sun's social services reporter — covering health care, homelessness and how programs are serving people living in poverty. He …

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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to open new Bremerton ER …

WEB0:03. 0:26. BREMERTON — Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has announced plans to open a hybrid emergency room and urgent care center on Kitsap …

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Could a hospital district help to fund medical care in Kitsap

WEBThe group Young is a member of, which calls itself the Alliance for Equitable Health Care, has focused on the idea of using a hospital district to support expanded …

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Washington's Apple Health and Homes treats housing as health care

WEB1:26. Washington is trying something new when it comes to housing: treating it as health care. Apple Health and Homes is a multi-agency state program …

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Healthcare clinic opens affordable housing for underserved …

WEBThe building, dubbed the Cedar House, cost $515,000 to purchase, then PCHS put an additional $150,000 toward improvements that separated the building into …

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Triage center creates calming space for people in crisis

WEBA healing place. The triage center is designed to provide a calm, welcoming space for people in crisis. The center will be staffed 24 hours a day. Clients will sleep in …

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Olympic College to expand 10 new health care programs in Poulsbo

WEBPOULSBO — Olympic College on Tuesday announced a partnership with Kitsap County and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to expand 10 new health care …

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KIAC provide in-house medical clinic to immigrants in Kitsap

WEBThis change dates back to legislation in December 2022, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Treasury …

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Medical respite care coming to old Kitsap Rescue Mission in …

WEB1:26. BREMERTON — Peninsula Community Health Services has plans to open a medical respite care facility downtown at the former home of the Kitsap Rescue …

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Poulsbo doctor has gone 'rogue' in era of fewer independent …

WEBJosh Farley is a reporter covering the military and health care for the Kitsap Sun. He can be reached at 360-792-9227, [email protected] or on Twitter at …

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Merger changes CHI Franciscan name to Virginia Mason …

WEBAlong with the merger between CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason, which the two groups signed off on in January, came a new name for the consolidated hospital …

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Kitsap Mental Health Services CEO Joe Roszak will retire in July

WEBJoe Roszak, 63, joined Kitsap Mental Health Services when the great recession just started in 2008. He remembered how difficult the time was — coming in …

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