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Children’s Mental Health Crisis Festers In Oregon

A mental health professional, who remembers his own attempts to kill himself three decades ago, says he wouldn’t have survived the same experience today.

Jan 12, 2021
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Oregon Hopes To Step Up Vaccinations; Bringing in National Guard

Health care providers struggle to boost the current vaccination pace and soon the state could have more than 1 million doses from the federal government.

Jan 8, 2021

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Vaccine Advisory Group Off to Slow Start

The group of 27 members representing a large number of minority groups has until next month to advise the state on who should be next in line to be offered a vaccine.

Jan 7, 2021

Dr. Louis Picker talks to a colleague in his lab at OHSU before the pandemic./OHSU

OHSU Lab Marks Milestone: Trial Of HIV Vaccine Launched

The vaccine, the brainchild of Dr. Louis Picker and Dr. Klaus Frueh, has been two decades in the making as the scientists have toiled to come up with a drug to fight the tricky virus.

Jan 6, 2021
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A nurse at Oregon Health & Science University was vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot on Wednesday. | FRED LIEDTKE/OHSU

OHA Opens Up Vaccinations To Wider Group, Backpedaling On Prior Plan

Oregon Health Authority officials said at a news briefing Tuesday that hospitals should not be vaccinating all employees but instead should be focused on staff who could become infected.

Jan 5, 2021

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Want A COVID-19 Vaccine? You Might Qualify, Depending On Where You Work

Oregon’s vaccine rollout has been slow and inconsistent, with hospitals setting different policies on who to inoculate in the first round.

Jan 5, 2021
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | RENAUDE HATSEDAKIS

Bills Would Target Mergers Among Hospital Systems, Clinic Networks, Others

The Oregon Health Authority wants the public to be able to weigh in on proposed mergers and acquisitions, a proposal that advocates support.

Jan 5, 2021
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Washington State Focuses Top Priority Vaccine Group

The state is only allowing health care workers to be vaccinated -- not all employees of a hospital like Oregon.

Jan 5, 2021
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State Lowers Risk Level For 6 Counties But Most Remain In Highest Risk Category

Gov. Kate Brown said that the state is making progress in stopping the spread of COVID-19, but she cautioned against Oregonians letting down their guard.

Dec 29, 2020