Public Health

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A worker applies an adhesive bandage to a child at a vaccination clinic in Minneapolis’ Corcoran Park in Aug. 2023. Minneapolis is among the cities forced to cancel vaccinations after cutoffs in federal funding. | COURTESY OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

As measles outbreaks grow, Trump cuts hinder vaccination efforts

The nation is approaching 1,000 cases across 29 states, including 3 deaths, but funding cuts are shutting down vaccination efforts

May 6

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Three-quarters of Americans oppose Medicaid cuts, poll shows

House Republicans are poised to release a bill that will likely propose cutting hundreds of billions in federal funding for Medicaid, even though poll shows a majority of their constituents disapprove

May 1

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An undated photo of the Lane County Public Health and Human Services Building in Eugene. | RACHEL MCDONALD / KLCC

Lane County says its federally qualified Community Health Centers are in good shape, financially

Expectations are that the clinics will continue seeing 100 new patients every week

Apr 29

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Oregon veterans and VA staff fear Trump cuts could harm benefits, health care

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it’s fixing a struggling system

Apr 24

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Trump’s war on measurement means losing data on drug Use, maternal mortality, climate change and more

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a lack of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

Apr 22

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Fox Tucson Theatre in Tucson, Arizona in 2024. | COURTESY/GAGE SKIDMORE VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

RFK Jr. says he wants to curb measles. His former nonprofit keeps undermining his message.

The Children’s Health Defense has inserted itself into the outbreak with a media operation that repeatedly disputes the MMR vaccine.

Apr 22

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Public handwashing station in Eugene.

Lane County warns of rise in Shigella bacterial infections

Homeless community, people with compromised immune systems, at heightened risk

Apr 22

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A COVID-19 VACCINE IS ADMINISTERED AT THE DESCHUTES COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN BEND, JANUARY 2021./BRADLEY W. PARKS/OPB

Oregon joins federal suit to block sudden cancellation of $11.4 billion in health grants

The Trump administration cuts would deliver a $117 million hit to Oregon programs set up to combat disease and drug addiction

Apr 1

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A FLU VACCINATION BEING GIVEN./PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PORTLAND TRIBUNE (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Oregon public health programs hit with $117 million in surprise federal cuts

Trump administration's abrupt halt to grants worth $12 billion around the country has state and local agencies contemplating layoffs and cuts to programs combatting diseases such as tuberculous, mpox and the flu

Mar 27