Tera Hurst, of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, said thousands more people are already getting help and that “transformational change” takes time.
Data from the Oregon Health Authority appears to show emerging racial and ethnic disparities in monkeypox cases.
Aug 23, 2022
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JASON LAMPMAN, A FARMER OUTSIDE MCMINNVILLE, TENDS TO HIS HEMP CROPS ON HIS ONE-ACRE PLOT. HE'S HOPING TO GROW PSILOCYBIN ONCE PERMITS BECOME AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR./JONI LAND/OPB
State officials declined to specify whether the case involved an infant, child, or adolescent, saying only that the person was below the age of 18.
Aug 18, 2022
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CELIA'S HOUSE IN MEDFORD IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT HOSPICE PROVIDING 24-HOUR RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROGUE VALLEY./SOUTHERN OREGON FRIENDS OF HOSPICE
St. Charles Health System leaders adopted “crisis standards of care” to avoid having to comply with nurse staffing rules, but rescinded the move after OHA said it would violate state law
Jul 28, 2022
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CULTIVATE INITIATIVES CO-DIRECTOR Y’ISHIA ROSBOROUGH OF PORTLAND COOLS OFF WITH DOG “HADES” AT A COOLING STATION PUT ON BY CULTIVATE INITIATIVES AT SUNRISE CENTER IN PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 2021./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB
Tuesday is expected to bring the hottest temperatures during this heat wave, when several places in the Willamette Valley could hit triple-digit temperatures.
Jul 26, 2022
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St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.
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As the climate warms, officials say the Pacific Northwest will be an attractive habitat for more mosquitoes, bringing a risk of West Nile Virus.
Jul 14, 2022
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THE SALT & STRAW SCOOP SHOP AT DISNEY SPRINGS IN FLORIDA, PICTURED AT ITS GRAND OPENING IN APRIL 2022. THE COMPANY SAID IT WILL PAY FOR EMPLOYEES TO TRAVEL OUT-OF-STATE TO ACCESS ABORTION./COURTESY PHOTO/OPB