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Health systems worked diligently this spring during the stay-home order creating surge plans to expand capacity, including adding surge beds for patients.

The pharmaceutical industry has donated nearly $280,000 to state lawmakers and candidates in Oregon since the start of 2019, with five Republicans drawing the biggest sums.

The measure would increase the tax on tobacco and create a tax on vaping products in hopes of reducing smoking and vaping.

Ballot Measure 108, which would increase the tax on cigarettes and cigars and vaping products, has attracted the most money.

Besides calling for face coverings in all public and private workplaces, the state advises against the use of face shields which do not provide airtight protection against droplets.

Janice Burger, who oversaw four of Providence’s hospitals in the state including one of Oregon's most profitable, is ending her 34-year career in December.

The state expects to have enough money to pay for the added members through March 31, thanks to emergency funding from the federal government.

In the past two weeks, cases have risen more than 24% in Oregon, a development that marks a "stark reversal" of gains the state had made previously on tamping down the virus spread.

State hospital spokeswoman Rebeka Gipson-King said the patient has been quarantined, as have the 19 other patients who live in the same unit.