Rural communities that are especially dependent on bringing in nurses are at risk of facing severe shortages, the research says.
Apr 21, 2022
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Some companies set up outdoor seating to maintain business during the pandemic, like the Bijou Cafe in downtown Portland. Others, citing harm to their business, didn't follow the state mask mandate and were fined.
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A new paper led by an Oregon State University researcher summarizes studies on psilocybin, including how Indigenous cultures safely used it as a remedy.
Apr 14, 2022
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MOST FARMERS MARKETS ACCEPT SNAP CARDS./LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE
The state has failed to keep up with “unprecedented” demand by people seeking health insurance, food aid, case and child care assistance during the pandemic.
A report that relied on death data from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland found the rural Oregon county had the highest COVID death rate on the West Coast.
Apr 5, 2022
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Ingrid Ulrey, a regional director of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, visited Salem Health on Thursday./Salem Reporter
A top federal official visited Oregon for the first time, checking on the state’s response to the pandemic, behavioral health care and workforce shortages.
Apr 5, 2022
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland in 2016.
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The bill would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to screen all women who’ve served in areas where garbage was burned in pits, so-called burn pits.
Mar 28, 2022
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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The state-operated psychiatric hospital is getting money to hire new nurses and other care staff, but the boost falls short of what officials had requested.
Mar 24, 2022
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Oregon’s public health administrators work in Northeast Portland./Oregon Health Authority via Oregon Capital Chronicle