Photo by Gustavo Fring from Pexels When you start feeling under the weather at this time of year, it can be hard to tell whether it’s a cold virus or flu virus attacking you– or even a reaction to an allergen. If you…

Photo by CDC on Unsplash Vaccination is a process in which our immune systems are introduced to a harmless version of an infectious agent, such as a virus or bacterium. This introduction induces the body’s natural immune response and marks…

SoHum Health is pleased to announce that there is a new Doctor in town! Dr. Seth Einterz will begin serving patients at the Southern Humboldt Community Clinic in Garberville on September 3rd. Dr. Seth, as he likes us to call…

Are you age 55 or older? Area 1 Agency on Aging is conducting a Senior Survey of Needs and Concerns. In preparation for their new four-year Area Plan, this survey will help: Plan/improve services Provide ideas for future programs Gather…

Photo by Francisco Moreno on Unsplash. The sudden onset of a pounding heartbeat, drenching sweats, chills, shortness of breath, tingly hands, chest pain, and nausea, accompanied by an overwhelming fear for your life or a sense of impending doom might…

SoHum Health Enters Next Design Phase for Construction of New Community Hospital and Clinic in Garberville For a PDF of this update, click here. SoHum Health and the Ratcliff Architect team are pleased to share the draft architectural designs for…

Photo by Nonsap Visuals on Unsplash Published in the Humboldt Independent on May 18, 2021 “I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world’s variety and uniqueness.” — Maya Angelou This is the first in a series of…

This is the first of two posts featuring comments by people who have used our District’s services. Spectrum of care Hal Lepoff:  “I never expected to be diagnosed with an incurable cancer (Chronic lymphocytic leukemia or CLL).  It’s something that…

Photo by Junseong Lee A new digest of studies published by Harvard earlier this year indicates that yoga has a positive influence on two standard predictors of frailty: walking speed and ability to get up from a chair. Frailty is a…

Photo by Alexandr Podvalny from Pexels What do you do roughly 20,000 times a day but barely realize it’s happening? What is the first thing you do when you are born and the last thing you do before shuffling off this mortal coil?…