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.
Oct 19, 2020
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Janice Burger, chief executive at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, is retiring.
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 university has backtracked on its plan to raise tuition by up to 7% and withdraw a promise to freeze tuition, after lawmakers kept the university’s funding largely intact.
Sep 23, 2020
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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem.
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The Oregon Health Authority awarded $6 million to Oregon Health & Science University for a plan that was hastily put together and then scrapped; now it's banking on a $1.2 million project by Oregon State University.
In response to blistering criticism from Black employees, OHSU's president and chief of diversity say they will hire a consultant to root out any racism in hiring and the affirmative action department.
Sep 14, 2020
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OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital has a level 1 pediatric trauma center.
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The suit says the Doernbecher Children's Hospital hire was fired after calling out unsafe practices, being stereotyped as an "angry Black woman" and told to "straighten her hair."
Sep 9, 2020
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Oregon Health & Science University's sprawling west side campus in Portland.
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An employee resource group accuses administrators of taking no substantial action following several noose incidents and using them in what they say is a sham of an effort against racism on campus.
Sep 3, 2020
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Christel Allen became NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon's executive director in June./Courtesy of NARAL
The abortion rights group has a new leader, Christel Allen, the first woman of color to lead the group. Allen, in turn, chose Jeanine Morales, a Black woman with experience advocating for minorities, as her deputy.