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State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon Officials Wind Down COVID-19-Related Orders

Oregon will end mask requirements on March 19 and lift COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 1.

Feb 24, 2022
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Other States Keep Watchful Eye On Snags In Washington’s Pioneering Public-Option Plan

Feb 24, 2022

KIA SLADE WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS STRICKEN WITH A SEVERE CASE OF COVID PNEUMONIA LAST SPRING./ROSEM MORTON/KHN

Why Pregnant People Were Left Behind While Vaccines Moved At ‘Warp Speed’

A year ago, there was little to no vaccine safety data for pregnant people, leaving health experts divided about how to advise expectant parents.

Feb 24, 2022

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Oregon Medicaid Proposal Includes Kids-Under-6 Rule Change, Services For Some Prisoners

The proposal includes health coverage for prisoners preparing for reentry and allowing children to stay enrolled until age 6.

Feb 24, 2022

A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE MEASURE 110 OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COUNCIL ON FEB. 9, 2022./THE LUND REPORT

Tasked With Spending Windfall, Measure 110 Council Struggles

The council implementing Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act needs help it’s not getting.

Feb 22, 2022

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What Ever Happened To Biden’s Pandemic Testing Board?

A year after President Joe Biden signed an order creating an entity modeled on FDR’s hugely successful Wartime Production Board, to be called the Pandemic Testing Board, there’s little trace of it.

Feb 22, 2022

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COVID Still Threatens Millions Of Americans. Why Are We So Eager To Move On?

As many relax their vigilance, millions of people are living with chronic illnesses or disabilities that make them especially susceptible to COVID-19. For some, catching it is a risk they cannot take.

Feb 22, 2022

An artist's depiction of a proposed psychiatric hospital proposed for a site in Wilsonville. | UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES

Company Yanks Plan For Controversial 100-Bed Psychiatric Hospital in Wilsonville

Move by Universal Health Services follows tentative state approval last October for a scaled-down 60-bed facility if it assists hospital emergency departments with their boarding problems.

Feb 21, 2022
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