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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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Bill Would Open Up Dentistry In Oregon To New Profession

Dentists oppose the bill which would allow dental therapists to perform fillings and provide other routine care.

Mar 22, 2021
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Audrey Kuehl, a study coordinator at the Clinical Research Institute of Southern Oregon, inoculates Trish Malone with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. | JIM CRAVEN FOR KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Oregon Accelerates Vaccine Expansion For May 1 Deadline

Migrant workers, frontline workers and multi-generational households are among the groups that will become eligible for vaccination sooner than expected.

Mar 19, 2021

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OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU Physicians In Training Have A Union Contract

The contract aligns OHSU with other academic medical institutions on the West Coast and marks the third AFSCME bargaining unit at the university.

Mar 18, 2021
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About 30 people turned up at an rally for change at Oregon Health & Science University/Lynne Terry/The Lund Report

OHSU Employees Rally For Change

A small group gathered Wednesday to show solidarity with a former OHSU employee who’s filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the university and a former resident physician.

Mar 17, 2021
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Universal Health Services, which owns Cedar Hills Hospital in Portland, wants to build another psychiatric facility in Wilsonville. | COURTESY OF CEDAR HILLS HOSPITAL

Controversial Psychiatric Hospital Project Up For Public Comment

Under Oregon’s certificate of need process, critics and supporters will likely put the 100-bed project in Wilsonville, first proposed in 2016, under a microscope.

Mar 17, 2021
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Oregon's vaccine campaign will open to everyone on May 1 following a federal order./Oregon Health & Science University

Obeying Federal Order, Oregon Will Open Vaccine To All On May 1 

But the general population may still face delays, as Oregon officials plan to keep allocating doses in a targeted way to reach vulnerable groups.

Mar 17, 2021

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Psilocybin Measure Advances With Board Appointments

Gov. Kate Brown names a new 17-member advisory board to implement a regulatory structure for voter-backed Measure 109.

Mar 17, 2021

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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS

Oregon Bill Would Expand Medicaid Coverage To Undocumented Adults

Gov. Kate Brown supports a pilot project to spend $10 million on coverage to 2,000 adults, building on a program that now covers undocumented children in the state.

Mar 16, 2021
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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

Medical Techs End Strike At St. Charles Health System

Wages and open/closed shop are top issues as workers, management plan intensive bargaining to reach contract agreement by the end of March.

Mar 16, 2021
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