Governor Calls June 24 Special Session For COVID-19, Police Reforms
Gov. Kate Brown said she expects to call a second special session later this summer to deal with state budget cuts.
Gov. Kate Brown said she expects to call a second special session later this summer to deal with state budget cuts.
Gov. Kate Brown said her decision is a cautionary “yellow light” to keep the state from moving forward too quickly in reopening.
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Homeless and impoverished people often lack mobile devices, and patients in rural and frontier areas of Oregon have poor or no broadband access.
Chief medical officers of large hospital systems in Portland, reflecting on the early, frenetic days of the virus, say the pandemic has changed their perspective.
Thirty-one Oregon counties are expected to move into the next phase of reopening, where they could stay for some time. Multnomah County hopes to enter Phase 1 a week from Friday.
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Oregon’s mental health system is in a crisis. But should the state focus on preventive care? Provide more therapy sessions? Add hospital beds?
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“We have to fight to get any money from them, and it can take years sometimes. It’s just become a huge problem.”
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Oregon has learned some lessons from the pandemic but a full recovery will take years, according to public health officials and emergency planners testifying Wednesday..
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Oregon’s behavioral health care system faces a widening crisis.
People need more help than ever after months of isolation. Providers grapple with low reimbursements. Looming state budget cuts threaten to limit services, with no relief in sight.
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“Some providers have to reuse masks for up to a week at a time, and we have even heard of physicians sterilizing their N95s in a crock pot,” Dr. Chris Strear, president-elect of the Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians told lawmakers. “These standards are not safe.”