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OHSU receiving a shipment of Pfizer BioNTEch COVID-19 vaccine. | OHSU/FRITZ LIEDTKE

Oregon Stockpiles Vaccines Amid Push To Increase Vaccination Rate

The state has enough supplies of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson doses to last about 80 days at current vaccination pace.

Jun 10, 2021
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An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False Information

“I was naive, certainly, in assuming that this was actually a documentary, which I would say it is not. I think that it is an advocacy piece for anti-vaxxers,” said medical historian Naomi Rogers.

Jun 9, 2021

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Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Unused Johnson & Johnson Covid Doses Pile Up as FDA Awaits Shelf Life Study

The Biden administration is encouraging Oregon and other states to hold on to hundreds of thousands of soon-to-expire COVID vaccine doses from Johnson & Johnson.

Jun 9, 2021

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3 Oregon Counties Move To Lower Risk But Restrictions Tightened In Harney

Lane, Coos, and Wasco counties move to lower risk in Oregon’s COVID-19 framework but Harney County slips in its ranking.

Jun 8, 2021

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BRYAN M. VANCE/OPB

Oregon State Hospital Crisis Extends Beyond Pandemic

Critics say the administration has failed to address long-term problems and listen to what staff have to say.

Jun 7, 2021

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Rural Clackamas County in Oregon. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Medicaid Members Have Among Lowest Vaccination Rates

In many Oregon counties, fewer than a quarter of eligible Medicaid members have gotten even a single shot of COVID-19 vaccine.

Jun 7, 2021
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19 Oregon Counties Now In Lower Risk Category for COVID-19

Clatsop County to become the 19th county with the lower risk ranking, while Lane and Polk counties drop into moderate risk category.

Jun 1, 2021

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A registered nurse in St. Charles Bend’s intensive care unit stood outside a room where hospital staff treated an unconscious COVID-19 patient in May. | THE BULLETIN

St. Charles Bend At Capacity With COVID-19, Trauma Patients

As of Thursday, all 24 beds were full in the ICU, including five patients with the virus. Three of the infected patients are on ventilators.

May 28, 2021

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BRYAN M. VANCE/OPB

Situation Dire At Oregon State Hospital, National Guard Asked To Help Staffing

Activating the National Guard was the final step in a five-stage crisis staffing plan hospital administrators developed last fall after a COVID outbreak on the hospital campus left more employees unable to work.

May 28, 2021

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Pandemic Leads Doctors to Rethink Unnecessary Treatment

Numerous studies have shown that overtreatment causes unnecessary suffering and billions of dollars in unnecessary health care costs.

May 26, 2021