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Last August the intensive care unit at Oregon Health and Science University was filled to capacity. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations May Be Peaking, But It's A Long Way Down

Oregon’s hospitals are full and have been for several weeks. That isn’t going to change any time soon.

Sep 5, 2021

IN THIS YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT, AN UNVACCINATED, COVID POSITIVE PATIENT LIES ON HER SIDE TO MAKE BREATHING EASIER IN AN AUG. 31, 2021 VIDEO PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM./PHOTO COURTESY OF OPB

Some Rural Oregon Health Care Workers And A Doctor Fuel Distrust In Vaccines

Distrust in government initiatives runs so deep that even some primary care providers may be advising eligible patients against getting the shots.

Sep 3, 2021

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Lack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage In Hospital Staffing Wars

Rural hospitals in areas of the U.S. where vaccination rates are already low are avoiding vaccine mandates for staff in order to attract workers.

Sep 2, 2021

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Oregon Receives Failing Grade For Its In-Prison Response To COVID-19

Oregon had one of the highest discrepancies between infection and death rates of prisoners versus its population, a report found.

Sep 2, 2021
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Staff at the Latino Health Coalition in Southwest Portland in August 2021. | COURTNEY VAUGHN/©PMG/REPUBLISHED WITH PERMISSION FROM PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP

New Oregon Law Expands Insurance For Immigrants, Underserved Populations

Cover All People will implement a $10 million program to provide health insurance to roughly 80,000 people who had no coverage.

Sep 2, 2021
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Rena Langlitz is a registered nurse in the emergency department of Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville.

Facing Aggressive Patients, Other Stress, Nurses At Willamette Valley Medical Center Push For Union Contract

Talks are stalled between administrators at the hospital in McMinnville and the Oregon Nurses Association members.

Sep 2, 2021
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Health care workers at Providence Health wearing 3D printed face shields manufactured and donated by local makers. | COURTESY OF MAKERFORCE/PORTLAND 3D PRINTING LAB

Only One County In Eastern Oregon Has Received National Guard Support At Its Hospitals

In Eastern Oregon, only the Blue Mountain Hospital District in Grant County has received help since Gov. Kate Brown ordered the deployment of 1,500 troops.

Sep 2, 2021

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Cost Of Oregon Commercial Health Insurance Premiums to Inch Upward In 2022

State regulators approve an average 1.5% increase in rates for the individual and small-group commercial markets.

Sep 1, 2021

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Malheur Leaders Say Vaccine Mandate Could Shut Down Schools, Ambulance Service

Local legislators say Gov. Kate Brown's mandates go too far, health workers and public employees to choose between a personal medical decision and their jobs.

Aug 31, 2021

A TEAM FROM THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT ASANTE ROGUE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN MEDFORD PREPARES TO INTUBATE A CRASHING COVID-19 PATIENT./MICHAEL BLUMHARDT/ASANTE

Delta Cutting ‘Like a Buzzsaw’ Through Oregon-California Border Counties

Unlike earlier COVID-19 waves, doctors say patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s and this wave is more severe than prior surges.

Aug 31, 2021

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