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Dr. Jennifer Vines, the Portland-area's tri-county health officer, shown during a 2020 press conference. | KAYLEE DOMZALSKI/OPB

Omicron May Infect Half Of Multnomah County Residents By Next Month

As county health officials lean on the public to maintain efforts, priorities are forming for the ‘post-omicron era.’

Jan 27, 2022

Patrick Allen. | COPYRIGHTED IMAGE REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE

After Short Hospitalization, The Oregon Health Authority Director Is Back Home

Patrick Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority, is back home in Sherwood recovering after being hospitalized on Sunday following a serious fall.

Jan 27, 2022

Inside the Oregon Capitol Building in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Health Care Workforce Plans Taking Shape For Legislative Session

The COVID-19 pandemic and Oregon’s dire health care workforce shortage have sparked a mix of proposals as the session is about to launch.

Jan 27, 2022
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Staff in the intensive care unit at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland on Aug. 19, 2021. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

OHSU Making Changes After Law Firm’s Report

Board members on Friday will discuss diversity plans as well as a mixed report on financial health.

Jan 25, 2022
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Pharmacies Turn Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th COVID Shot

Patients with weakened immune systems, who are at high risk from COVID-19, say pharmacies are turning them away when they seek additional vaccine doses recommended by federal health officials.

Jan 25, 2022

Bram Sable-Smith draws insulin into a syringe for an injection./Emma Sable-Smith/Kaiser Health News

He Writes About America’s Absurd Health Care System, Then Got Caught Up In It

A journalist with Type 1 diabetes describes unexpectedly battling prior authorization delays as his supply of insulin dwindled.

Jan 25, 2022

A sign at Hillsboro Online Academy asks people entering the building to wear masks. / Elizabeth Miller / OPB

Oregon Health Authority Hears More Testimony Against Extending Mask Mandates

In two more hearings Monday, state officials heard criticism of a ‘permanent rule’ that they promise will be rescinded when pandemic conditions improve.

Jan 25, 2022

Oregon lawmakers gathered to discuss the upcoming session in a virtual discussion Thursday./Zoom

Oregon Lawmakers Prepare For Session Crammed With Health Care Proposals

As the COVID-19 pandemic nears the two-year mark, state legislators say its lessons are spawning bills.

Jan 20, 2022
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Becky Hultberg, CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, said Thursday hospitals are straining under state mandates/Zoom

As Omicron Peak Nears, Hospitals Say Hundreds More Beds Should Be Vacant

Oregon hospitals urge lawmakers to refrain from new mandates, saying they’re nearing capacity because they can’t discharge patients like they normally do.

Jan 20, 2022

COVID-19 TESTS./HANNAH NORMAN/KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Households Can Sign Up For Free COVID-19 Tests

The Biden administration’s effort to distribute free COVID-19 tests nationwide was supposed to start Wednesday, but the government began taking orders on Tuesday.

Jan 20, 2022

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