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Nosing In on Kids Who Had COVID and Lost Their Sense of Smell

Doctors in Colorado and Washington state will use scents like eucalyptus and lavender to treat children who lost their sense of smell to COVID-19.

Mar 29, 2021

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Analysis: How the US Invested in the War on Terrorism at the Cost of Public Health

After 9/11, the United States rapidly shifted resources to create a massive infrastructure to ferret out and combat terrorism while forgetting that terrorism of nature can be equally deadly.

Mar 29, 2021

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Philanthropies are funding studies of cheap, existing medications like the antidepressant fluvoxamine — sold under the brand name Luvox — as COVID treatments./Wikimedia Commons

Scientists Seek COVID Treatment Answers in Cheap, Older Drugs

A few scientists say that two small studies indicate that a decades-old antidepressant that costs $10 for a two-week course could be used to fight COVID.

Mar 29, 2021

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Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. | PORTLAND TRIBUNE

COVID-19 Outbreak Ends, Vaccines Offered At Coffee Creek Prison

So far, 72% of the inmates at the women's prison in Wilsonville have been vaccinated, barely enough to provide herd immunity on vaccinations alone.

Mar 24, 2021

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Lots of Health Insurance Help in Covid Relief Law — But Do Your Homework First

Mar 24, 2021

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A health care worker unpacks the Pfizer vaccine at Oregon Health & Science University. | OHSU

The Case for Donating US COVID Vaccines Overseas

“We need to take care of the problem everywhere to be able to take care of it anywhere,” says Dr. Mark Feinberg, president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Mar 22, 2021

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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | ROBERT AUGHENBAUGH

COVID-19 Infection At State Capitol Shuts Down House Floor Sessions

Meanwhile, a committee hears from county commissioners who lament the complexity and confusion in the vaccination rollout and public messaging.

Mar 22, 2021
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Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

The Double-Edged Sword Of Oregon's COVID-19 Success

The low case counts in Oregon and Washington are laudable, but they create an unusual position: The states may have a more difficult time achieving herd immunity to COVID-19.

Mar 22, 2021

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President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris./Shutterstock

Landmark COVID Relief Law Pumps More Than $100 Billion Into Public Health

Public advocates say that more sustained funding will be needed over the next decade and beyond to address long-festering problems.

Mar 18, 2021

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A microscopic photo shows the novel coronavirus emerging from cells. | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

UK Coronavirus Variant Mutates Further In Oregon

Oregon researchers found a case of a rapidly spreading coronavirus variant that was first detected in Britain combined with a mutation that could be more resistant to vaccines.

Mar 6, 2021