Remember, in school, when the all-knowing Planned Parenthood community outreach people would come in and talk to the class about sex ed? Back in the day, the heaviest of focus...

Central Oregon Community College is the only school in Central Oregon that offers a course to certify community health workers. Community health workers are front line public...

Bend Senior High School students designed flyers to reduce vehicle idling on campus. As the winter weather approaches, it may be tempting to run your parked car to stay...

Your heart races faster than a cheetah drinking a double shot of espresso. Then your surroundings become increasingly louder and you can hear everyone and everything simultaneously....

Hidden behind the scenic city of Bend, Oregon lays an underworld of a forgotten homeless community, to which a late 40-year-old woman by the name of Brenda belongs to. She graciously...

A girl has a child with a boy from high school at the age of 16. Her father; absent. Her mother; abusive. The child of that high school girl now grows up in a family with an...

The Bend City Council made an ambitious goal of building 1000 affordable housing units across 2 years; a rate five times the amount of affordable housing units built in previous...

Something like a law that makes abortion illegal might seem clear in how it could affect someone’s health, but there are other things one might not consider an “act of society”...

Recently, a survey was taken by a total of 24 students at COCC. This survey had participants give their gender identity, sexual orientation, and race before asking them to rate...

Due to the increase in syphilis rates in Oregon, specifically in the female population because of congenital syphilis (CS), the Deschutes County Health Department suggested a...

Founder and Executive Director of Thrive Central Oregon, Sarah Mahnke explained the most commonly requested services among the student population and her personal goals concerning...

Free evidence-based Suicide Prevention training will take place at COCC’s Health Career Center in room 330 on Monday, May 9, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. This training was...