A report that relied on death data from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland found the rural Oregon county had the highest COVID death rate on the West Coast.
Apr 5, 2022
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Ingrid Ulrey, a regional director of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, visited Salem Health on Thursday./Salem Reporter
A top federal official visited Oregon for the first time, checking on the state’s response to the pandemic, behavioral health care and workforce shortages.
Apr 5, 2022
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland in 2016.
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SHUTTERSTOCK
The bill would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to screen all women who’ve served in areas where garbage was burned in pits, so-called burn pits.
Mar 28, 2022
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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The state-operated psychiatric hospital is getting money to hire new nurses and other care staff, but the boost falls short of what officials had requested.
Mar 24, 2022
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Oregon’s public health administrators work in Northeast Portland./Oregon Health Authority via Oregon Capital Chronicle
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to modernize health care facilities in Oregon and southwest Washington and shorten the time veterans in rural areas spend commuting for services.
Mar 15, 2022
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The Oregon Secretary of State's office verified enough signatures to qualify Initiative Petition 34 on psilocybin therapy for the November ballot.
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YES ON IP 34 CAMPAIGN
Thousands of people in Oregon are interested in using psilocybin as a mental health treatment under the voter-approved program.
Mar 10, 2022
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Rep. David Brock Smith, R-Port Orford, said a proposal on kratom now has backing from Gov. Kate Brown, who vetoed a similar proposal last year./Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle
The bill would regulate the manufacturing and sales of kratom, used as a stimulant or painkiller, and make it a misdemeanor to sell it to those under 21.