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Mass Shootings Elsewhere Can Cause Anxiety, Regression In Children In Oregon

Dr. Ajit Jetmalani, a child psychiatrist at Oregon Health & Science University, is urging parents to watch for signs of anxiety and depression in their children.

May 31, 2022

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MICK STEVENS OF TIGARD PUT HIS PARALEGAL CAREER ON HOLD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER, JILLIAN, DURING THE PANDEMIC./COURTESY OF MICK STEVENS.

Oregon Parents Fight To Keep Care Payments As Pandemic Winds Down

Medicaid funds have gone to hundreds of parents of severely developmentally disabled children for their caregiving during the public health emergency, but that is slated to end.

Mar 17, 2022
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Under Oregon's Medicaid exemption, Sheena Powell (at right) of Salem was unable to get braces for her daughter, CiAna (at left) through Oregon Health Plan. | COURTESY PHOTO

How Oregon’s Alone-In-The-Nation Approach To Children’s Health Care Unraveled In Weeks 

Internal Oregon Health Authority emails show that officials debated Lund Report article to make a ‘strategic and political decision’ to reduce barriers for low-income children’s access to coverage.

Mar 1, 2022

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Cainan Molzer (far right), 17, of Medford, poses with his family. | COURTESY JOE MOLZER

Facing Scrutiny, Oregon Will Phase Out Barriers To Children’s Health Care 

After concerns went public, Oregon Health Authority abandoned its one-of-a-kind system for children on Medicaid that has led to denials for medically necessary care.

Feb 9, 2022

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Cainan Molzer (far right), 17, of Medford, poses with his family. | COURTESY JOE MOLZER

Oregon Public Broadcasting Features Watchdog Work Of The Lund Report

Senior Reporter Ben Botkin revealed documents showing employees at Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Health & Science University are calling Oregon's system denying children medical necessary care improper and even racist.

Jan 27, 2022

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COVID-19 VACCINE PREPARATION AT A DRIVE-THRU VACCINATION CLINIC AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, APRIL 9, 2021. THE CLINIC WAS A JOINT OPERATION HOSTED BY OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, THE PORT OF PORTLAND AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon Prepares To Offer COVID Vaccines To Children Ages 5-11

The lower-dose vaccine has received emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Nov 2, 2021

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Oregon CCOs Prepare To Serve Children’s Social And Emotional Needs

Under a “first in the country” metric, Medicaid providers must prove their plans are improving the social and emotional health of children up to age 5 within the next three years.

Sep 23, 2021
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Oregon’s COVID Testing Program For Schools Lags Way Behind Demand

Providers can’t yet meet testing volume demands of new screening program as COVID outbreaks at schools and cases among children escalate.

Sep 16, 2021
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Science Shows Mask-Wearing Is Largely Safe For Children

Two studies on children used N95 masks, which are more sophisticated than the masks most schoolchildren will use, but even these found no significant effect on breathing.

Aug 18, 2021

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Oregon Families Will Receive Up To $1,100 Per Child For Food

The payments are intended to make up for the free or reduced-cost meals that more than children missed out on during the past year.

Jul 20, 2021