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Explore our latest community health events in Oregon, plus health tips and more. Get to know the faces behind NHC. Featuring healthcare stories from patients, friends and staff of NHC.

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Protect Community Health Centers and Access to Care

Big changes are happening in Washington, D.C., and they could directly affect the healthcare services available to thousands of Oregonians. Right now, funding for Community Health Centers (CHCs) is at risk-and we need your help to ensure our communities continue to get the care they deserve.  What’s Happening?  Every year, Congress decides how much money…

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A Look at How Vaccines Get Approved

Over 500 million doses of the respiratory virus vaccine have been administered in the United States since January 2021 and have been credited with saving millions of lives. However, many across the country are still hesitant to get the vaccine or decline it entirely. If you are still trying to decide whether or not to…

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Two Years of the Respiratory Virus Outbreak

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a respiratory virus outbreak. None of us could have predicted what this would mean for our communities, our businesses, or our own families. Over the last two years, we have lost nearly one million Americans. We’ve also lost our naivety. The country has seen its fault lines…

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A Patient Story: Keri

“My husband lost his job and we lost our health insurance. I was talking to a friend about symptoms I’d been having for over a year and how none of the doctors I’d seen prior to losing our insurance believed something was wrong with me. She suggested I go to Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) because…

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