public health

OPINION:  January 5, 2012 – The EPA took a long-overdue action that Grist’s Dave Roberts compared to “an advance on par with getting lead out of gasoline” on December 21. The new EPA rules restrict mercury, one of the deadliest by-products of burning coal for electricity. Read More >>

As a special project for Medicare, Acumentra Health will assist Oregon physician practices in electronically reporting adult immunization data to Oregon’s statewide immunization registry, the ALERT Immunization Information System (IIS).   Read More >>

October 27, 2011—As the final meeting of the governor-appointed workgroups approaches in late November to determine the criteria for coordinated care organizations, public health officials are questioning how they’ll fit into the new healthcare delivery model for the Oregon Health Plan.  Read More >>

October 12, 2011—Public health can play a large role in reforming Oregon’s healthcare system, Mike Bonetto, health policy advisor to Governor Kitzhaber, told officials at Oregon’s Public Health Association’s annual conference. Read More >>

October 4, 2011 -- Activists who are urging TriMet to increase the time people can use public transportation with one ticket are citing -- as one of their main arguments – public health benefits. Read More >>

OPINION April 28, 2011 -- The devastating events in Japan have so far caused damage to six nuclear units, with an unknown amount of radiation released into the environment. Some food and water in Japan is not safe for humans. Traces of radiation from Japan have reached us here in the Pacific Northwest.  Read More >>

    Read More >>

April 12, 2011 -- A Washington, DC think tank that assesses healthcare access, quality and efficiency released its state-by-state child health scorecard earlier this year – and Oregon's score isn't great. Read More >>

March 29, 2011 -- Oregon’s Public Health Division has been monitoring radiation levels in Oregon since March 13, one day after an explosion at the Japanese nuclear reactor plant affected by the 8.9 earthquake that struck northern Japan. Read More >>

February 23, 2011 -- Three families in eastern Oregon upset about the noise generated by a wind farm are taking their case to the Land Use Board of Appeals. Read More >>