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Virginia Garcia medical services is trying to increase the vaccination rates of farmworkers. | VIRGINIA GARCIA

More Oregon Farmworkers Get Vaccinated As More Kids Get Sick

Concern for children amid the COVID-19 delta variant is contributing to a rising number of farmworker families getting vaccinated.

Sep 9, 2021

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V-Safe: How Everyday People Help the CDC Track Covid Vaccine Safety With Their Phones

More than 9 million people have enrolled in a program to share information about their health since getting the shot.

Sep 7, 2021

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Union County Board of Commissioners Passes Resolution to Oppose Vaccine Mandates

The northeastern Oregon county is protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in recognition of public outcry, saying mandates will worsen staffing shortages.

Sep 7, 2021

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PeaceHealth, Unions Clashing After Hundreds Of Unvaccinated Workers Placed On Unpaid Leave

Since PeaceHealth announced its own deadlines, unions representing a swath of workers have leveled at least seven labor complaints.

Sep 6, 2021

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IN THIS YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT, AN UNVACCINATED, COVID POSITIVE PATIENT LIES ON HER SIDE TO MAKE BREATHING EASIER IN AN AUG. 31, 2021 VIDEO PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED BY ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM./PHOTO COURTESY OF OPB

Some Rural Oregon Health Care Workers And A Doctor Fuel Distrust In Vaccines

Distrust in government initiatives runs so deep that even some primary care providers may be advising eligible patients against getting the shots.

Sep 3, 2021

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Malheur Leaders Say Vaccine Mandate Could Shut Down Schools, Ambulance Service

Local legislators say Gov. Kate Brown's mandates go too far, health workers and public employees to choose between a personal medical decision and their jobs.

Aug 31, 2021

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Portland City Hall. | CITY OF PORTLAND/OPB

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.

Aug 31, 2021

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Julie Kleese, RN, cries after sharing her experiences as an ICU nurse at OHSU Hospital. | HANIN NAJJAR/OPB

COVID Hospitalizations Near 1,100 As Health Care Workers Pour Into Oregon

Forecasters predict that the surge caused by the delta variant will rapidly worsen and that hospitals in the state will run out of ICU and other beds.

Aug 25, 2021
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UO And OSU Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine For Events

The mandate starts on Monday. It will not affect the UO’s Prefontaine Classic currently taking place at Hayward Field.

Aug 25, 2021

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Vaccination Rates Of Medicaid Members Still Lag Behind

Oregon providers, Medicaid insurers make slow progress getting low-income, rural members to step up and get a shot against COVID-19.

Aug 23, 2021
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