Portland May Exempt Police Force From Citywide Vaccine Mandate
The city attorney’s office advised city staff on Tuesday that the order was legally dubious.
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City Of Portland Set To Require Its Employees To Be Vaccinated
With the policy, Portland will become the latest major city requiring public workers to be vaccinated.
Lack Of Affordable Housing Is Biggest Cause Of Homelessness, Expert Says
“Homelessness is caused by a lack of housing, full stop.”
It really is that simple, Dr. Margot Kushel, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco, told an audience Friday morning at the Oregon Health Forum.
Portland Faces New Measles Threat
For the second time this summer, Oregon health officials are trying to limit a potential outbreak.
Oregon health officials announced a new measles threat in the Portland area on Saturday.
Wyden-Smith Town Hall Spreads Word About Cover Oregon, Health Reform
Many attendees were unfamiliar with how the state’s health insurance exchange will work, less than two months before enrollment starts
August 21, 2013--The drumbeat to inform Oregonians about impending health reform continued on Monday with a town hall hosted by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden (D) and Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith that 120 people attended.
The Battle over Portland’s Water
Author concludes that there’s no consensus that fluoridation is safe for human health
OPINION – August 22, 2012 -- For months, there has been a behind-the-scenes, coordinated effort to fluoridate Portland’s water. It only came to light when the Oregonian broke the story August 10th that commissioner Randy Leonard was going to lead the effort. Since then, Nick Fish and Mayor Sam Adams have come out in favor of it, which points to at least a 3-2 vote in the Portland City Council to approve it. There have been reports a vote could be coming quickly, as early as the first or second week in September, but nothing is confirmed yet.
