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Mardell Reed says she wasn’t sure she’d get the vaccine originally but she changed her mind “once we all started hearing from actual scientists rather than politicians.”Heide De Marco/Kaiser Health News

‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After COVID Vaccinations

Mar 31, 2021

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OHSU Hires Obama's Former Attorney General To Investigate Racism, Sexual Harassment

OHSU, in hiring Eric Holder, said it needed a well-respected investigator to help the administration create an anti-racist and inclusive culture free of harassment.

Mar 30, 2021
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COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Drops Among All Americans, New Survey Shows

A new poll shows Americans are growing more enthusiastic about being vaccinated, with the biggest change among Black Americans.

Mar 30, 2021

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SB 764 Will Keep Drug Prices Higher for Longer

Mar 30, 2021

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Darkest Days In Pandemic Lie Ahead, Expert Warns Oregon Lawmakers

The House COVID-19 Subcommittee hears testimony from a nationwide expert about the danger of the B.1.1.7 variant from Britain.

Mar 29, 2021
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OHSU Faces Investigation By Medical Organization

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which approves programs for interns, residents and fellows, is looking into allegations described in a sexual assault lawsuit.

Mar 29, 2021
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Nosing In on Kids Who Had COVID and Lost Their Sense of Smell

Doctors in Colorado and Washington state will use scents like eucalyptus and lavender to treat children who lost their sense of smell to COVID-19.

Mar 29, 2021

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Analysis: How the US Invested in the War on Terrorism at the Cost of Public Health

After 9/11, the United States rapidly shifted resources to create a massive infrastructure to ferret out and combat terrorism while forgetting that terrorism of nature can be equally deadly.

Mar 29, 2021

Philanthropies are funding studies of cheap, existing medications like the antidepressant fluvoxamine — sold under the brand name Luvox — as COVID treatments./Wikimedia Commons

Scientists Seek COVID Treatment Answers in Cheap, Older Drugs

A few scientists say that two small studies indicate that a decades-old antidepressant that costs $10 for a two-week course could be used to fight COVID.

Mar 29, 2021