The Oregon Public Health Corps will contact trace and support people in isolation, and is hoped to reinvigorate the public health system.
Feb 8, 2022
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Salem Health clinical nurse Heather Gatchet says calling her mom before her morning shift at Salem Health hospital is part of her regular routine. /Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
Patients with weakened immune systems, who are at high risk from COVID-19, say pharmacies are turning them away when they seek additional vaccine doses recommended by federal health officials.
Jan 25, 2022
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A sign at Hillsboro Online Academy asks people entering the building to wear masks. / Elizabeth Miller / OPB
In two more hearings Monday, state officials heard criticism of a ‘permanent rule’ that they promise will be rescinded when pandemic conditions improve.
Jan 25, 2022
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Becky Hultberg, CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, said Thursday hospitals are straining under state mandates/Zoom
Oregon hospitals urge lawmakers to refrain from new mandates, saying they’re nearing capacity because they can’t discharge patients like they normally do.
The Biden administration’s effort to distribute free COVID-19 tests nationwide was supposed to start Wednesday, but the government began taking orders on Tuesday.
Jan 20, 2022
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Covid-19 testing tents located across New York City./ELISABETH ROSENTHAL / KHN