Native Americans have been disproportionately affected by long COVID and have lower vaccination rates than the state average — while the state is severely undercounting cases, researchers say.
The initiative is part of the state’s goal of eliminating health inequities in Oregon by 2030.
Reproductive health care providers in Oregon have prepared for months for an influx of patients from states where doctors face prison time for providing abortions.
The first suspected case of monkeypox has emerged in Oregon.
Shots could begin next week if the FDA authorizes the vaccines and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends them as well.
Rimrock Trails in Prineville, which was forced to close for eight months, reopened in mid-April with a new staff and approach.
A researcher at Oregon Health & Science University and the VA Portland Health Care System recently obtained a grant to create a Gun Violence Prevention Research Center to step up research on gun deaths and injuries, their causes and strategies for prevention.
Dr. Ajit Jetmalani, a child psychiatrist at Oregon Health & Science University, is urging parents to watch for signs of anxiety and depression in their children.
Most people recover from the virus, which is transmitted through close contact.
The latest member of Congress from Oregon to fall ill attributes his mild symptoms to being vaccinated and boosted.
