COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity
Diana Berrent learned she had tested positive for COVID-19 on a Wednesday in mid-March. Within a day, she had received 30 emails from people urging her to donate blood.
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Oregon Counties Scramble To Get Their Coronavirus Reopening Plans To The Governor
At least 23 counties have submitted proposals to Gov. Kate Brown's office to reopen starting on Friday.
As Oregon Reopens, More Masks Required, Certain Restrictions In Place Through September
Gov. Kate Brown released more details of her three-phase plan for reopening businesses on Thursday that includes new requirements for masks in public and a set of criteria that counties have to meet to peel back coronavirus restrictions.
Pediatric Clinics Hard Hit By COVID-19 As Patients Stay Home
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Oregon pediatricians have experienced steep declines in patient visits during the pandemic, sparking layoffs and concerns that clinics in rural areas could shutter entirely.
New Coronavirus Data Reveal Oregon Neighborhoods With Most Infections
Coronavirus infections in the metro area have largely spared Portland’s close-in neighborhoods and its most exclusive suburban enclaves, flourishing instead among people who live in far-flung suburbs and exploding in the Woodburn area of Marion County.
State Orders SE Portland Nursing Home Struck By COVID-19 To Shut Down
The state has ordered a Southeast Portland nursing home with the largest and deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Oregon to shut down.
For Clinic, Pandemic Highlights Social Determinants Of Health
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Three years ago, Prism Health opened its clinic in Southeast Portland to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer patients.
Oregon Reopening Plan Involves Testing 100,000 People, Opening Rural Areas First
Oregon officials plan to test 100,000 volunteers in a study tracking the spread of coronavirus as part of the state move towards reopening.
Medicaid Enrollment Jumps In Oregon But State Not In Crisis
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A growing number of the hundreds of thousands of Oregonians made jobless by the coronavirus crisis are signing up for Medicaid insurance, but for now, at least, Oregon has enough money to cover them.
Do-It-Yourself Cheek Swab Tested As Next Best Thing To Detect Coronavirus
Coronavirus testing is commonly an unpleasant, even painful experience in which a health care provider pushes a torturously long swab up your nostril.
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