Farm health

Health officials are urging rural Oregonians to consider getting a flu shot before influenza hits the region.  Dr. Katie Sharff, Chief of Infectious Disease for Kaiser Permanente, said American medical professionals can typically predict the flu season here by looking to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere.   “...

This is National Farm Safety and Health Week, a time to focus on both general safety and health matters on the farm or ranch but also specific topics from rural road safety, and anhydrous ammonia exposure. "If I would have completely ran out of breath, I don't know if I'd be standing here today ...