Mask Opponents Sue To Invalidate Brown's Mask Requirement
A group that advocates for limited governmental powers has filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Kate Brown’s authority to require Oregonians to wear face coverings in public.
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Task Force On Universal Health Care Gets Back To Work
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Sidelined for nearly five months by the coronavirus pandemic, a state panel has begun to study how to establish “universal health care” in Oregon.
Delayed Test Results Make Efforts To Contain COVID 'Unworkable' In Oregon
Test shortages, delays in processing and demand from other states are undermining Oregon's efforts to stem the virus.
Scientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread
Some researchers and physicians hope the century-old technology can be recruited yet again to help disinfect high-risk indoor settings.
Hard Hit Rural Oregon Counties Getting ‘Overwhelmed’ By Virus
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With the COVID-19 pandemic entering its fifth month, virus hotspots have taken a marked leap in recent weeks from Oregon’s urban centers to rural reaches of the state where health officials are scrambling to keep up.
NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities
While the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Hispanic Americans is no secret, federal officials have launched studies of the disparity that they hope will better prepare the country for the next great epidemic.
Oregon Offers Testing Tool At Time Of Rising Cases, Lag In Results
The site -- in both English and Spanish -- features an interactive map that allows users to locate nearby testing sites, with information about their requirements and services.
Some Oregonians Wait 2 Weeks For Coronavirus Test Results, Hindering Efforts To Slow Virus
The time lag is rendering contact tracing -- the system of tracking down all known contacts of the infected person to warn them to quarantine or get tested -- much less effective.
More Than Half Of Oregon Coronavirus Deaths Linked To Group Housing
The Oregon Health Authority is tracking active outbreaks in at least 30 of what the state calls “congregate care facilities,” while outbreaks at another 38 of these locations have been resolved.
Providers Waste Millions On Low-Value Treatments, Report Says
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The study identified nearly 10 million health services Oregonians received between 2016 and 2018, and found that 40% of those services provided little medical benefit compared to their costs.
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