June 2025

‘Critical Shortage’: The Local Blood Bank is Once Again in Desperate Need of O-Negative Donations

May 2025

(UPDATE: RODENTS BEATEN BACK, CAFE REOPENED) Rodents Take Down Their Second Humboldt County Cafe in a Week, This Time in Garberville

(UPDATE 3: REOPENED AGAIN!) (UPDATE 2: RECLOSED) (UPDATE: REOPEN) The Public Health Division Has Temporarily Closed Old Town Coffee and Chocolates Due to a Mouse Invasion

April 2025

BLOOD BANK LOW: If You’re Serving Up That Type O, Please Consider Donating ASAP

March 2025

Fourth Street Market Deli Back in Effect After Follow-Up Visit From Health Inspector

Cockroaches Have Set Up Shop in Arcata’s Fourth Street Market, Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health Alleges

Yurok Tribe Issues ‘Urgent’ Measles Announcement, Then Clarifies: No Confirmed Cases in Humboldt or Del Norte Counties

February 2025

Providence St. Joseph Kicks in $2 Million For New Behavioral Health Triage Center in Arcata

RETURN of the KING! The Eureka Burger King’s Sewage Problems Have Been Sorted Out and Whoppers are Once Again on Offer, Says Public Health

The Whooping Cough is Back! Humboldt Public Health Officials Urge Pertussis Vaccination as Local Cases Rise

January 2025

‘A Window into the Brain’: Providence Deploys AI Technology to Detect, Diagnose Seizures

BK is BACK! The Eureka Burger King is Operational for the Time Being, But Only the Drive-Thru Part of it For Now

The Eureka Burger King Will Be Closed for a Little Bit Due to Sewage Problems, According to Restaurant Inspectors

December 2024

Providence Issues Statement on the Future of St. Joe’s Heart Institute

November 2024

NEVER A BOTHER: Allison Robbins on Helping Kids Navigate Tough Times … by Listening to Them

September 2024

Public Health Shuts Down Eureka Elks Lodge For Two Weeks After Continued Shigella Exposures

Two Dogs Die After Swimming in Eel River Near Fernbridge

County Reports Outbreak of Shigella Bacterial Infection Traced to Dinner at Eureka Elks Lodge

May 2024

Measles Update: The County Has Identified Everyone Who Was Exposed Earlier This Month; No New Cases to Report

Two Fortuna Restaurants Cited For Attempting to Operate Without Water During City’s Planned Shutoff Last Week

UH OH: More Than 100 Individuals in Humboldt Exposed to Measles Last Week (But Most are Likely Immune, Says DHHS)

ALERT: Potential Measles Exposure in Two Eureka Locations

We Need to Talk About TICKS! It’s the Season! For the Last Goddamn Time, Please Don’t Try to Twist ‘Em Out!

ROBOT SURGERY! Meet St. Joe’s New, Badass Four-Armed Robot Surgery Buddy, the daVinci Xi

March 2024

(PHOTOS) FIRST LOOK! The Outpost Takes a Tour of the New Open Door Center in Arcata, Which is Ready to Open as Soon As Its Licensing Goes Through

County’s Environmental Health Division Shuts Down Moonstone Grill Due to Rat Infestation

February 2024

Providence Humboldt County Announces New CEO Started Last Month

November 2023

INTRODUCING the Community Health Dashboard, an Interactive Tool That ‘Tells the Story of the Health of the Humboldt County Community’

(VIDEO) Please Enjoy This Beautifully Produced Video About Our Own Dr. Bruce Kessler, the 2023 Winner of the California Medical Association’s Most Prestigious Award

September 2023

The City of Eureka Will Host a Town Hall Discussion on Children’s Mental Health This Saturday

Looking to Score Some of That Sweet New COVID Vaccine? Should be on the Streets Next Week, Says DHHS

It’s Suicide Prevention Month, and the County Has a Ton of Resources and Events for the Cause

Beware the Algal Blooms! Potentially Toxic Cyanobacteria, aka Blue-Green Algae, Confirmed in Local Rivers

August 2023

GREAT NEWS: That Orange Stuff on the Beach at King Salmon? Non-Toxic, Turns Out

July 2023

Are You Serving Up Type O or Type A? If So, the Blood Bank Needs Your Contribution … STAT

Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased Death Rates From Alcoholic Liver Disease — Especially in Humboldt

May 2023

CONVERSATIONS: The People at St. Joe’s Trauma Center are Begging You to Put Down Your Phone While Driving

‘Take Action for Mental Health’ Walk in Henderson Center Tomorrow Kicks Off Department of Health and Human Services’ ‘Everything Awareness Month’

April 2023

State Officials Close Recreational Razor Clam Fishery in Humboldt County Due to ‘Significant Threat’ of Domoic Acid Exposure

K’ima:w Nets Big Federal Grant to Modernize and Expand Medical Services in the Hoopa Valley

A NURSE WRITES: The Pandemic is ‘Over,’ and So is This Column!

March 2023

Arcata’s New Open Door Health Center Will Open This Fall, Replacing the Two Old Clinics in Town

A NURSE WRITES: Here’s a Checklist for the End of the State of Emergency

February 2023

A NURSE WRITES: Mutations, Sunshine and a Simplified Vaccine Proposal

December 2022

A NURSE WRITES: The Flu is Probably Not What You Think It Is, and You Should Give Yourself a Nice New Year’s Resolution!

A NURSE WRITES: Introducing the ‘Swiss Cheese’ Strategy For Disease Prevention — Lots of Holes, Until You Stack ‘Em Up!

November 2022

TRIDEMIC! COVID + Flu + RSV Especially Hard on the Smallest Among Us Says Public Health, Which Urges Parents to Get Kids Their Shots

A NURSE WRITES: Let’s Talk About Our Gross Hands

Senator Mike McGuire Announces $10 Million Investment for Humboldt’s Future Health Care Education Hub

October 2022

Mother Nature Has Cleared the Toxic Cyanobacteria Out of Big Lagoon Until Next Summer at the Earliest, DHHS Says