A rise in home testing and decrease in disease severity have masked a large increase in COVID-19 infections in Oregon, but the state’s poop doesn’t lie.
Jun 23, 2022
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Families shown waiting last November for their turn at a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children ages 5 through11 years old at Clackamas Town Center./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB
Federal health advisors last week authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old, the last age group to gain access to the vaccine.
Jun 21, 2022
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OHSU NEUROLOGIST MIRANDA LIM (RIGHT) CONSULTS WITH ENGINEER SOFIA FLUKE AT BEL IN EUGENE./BRANDON SWANSON/OPB
Researchers in Oregon and Washington are trying to fight chronic sleeplessness, which is associated with several serious potential health effects.
Jun 9, 2022
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Volunteer Jim Jackson of Portland cleans tables on May 2, 2022, as Blanchet House reopened for indoor dining following more than two years of closure due to the pandemic./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB
The loans are contributing to the financial woes of Northwest health systems, which are reporting some of their biggest losses since the pandemic began.
May 31, 2022
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STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS VISITED TENNY CREEK ASSISTED LIVING FOR AN OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING IN VANCOUVER ON MONDAY. THE FACILITY OFFERS GREATER LEVEL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT THAN OTHER SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS, OFFICIALS SAID./TROY BRYNELSON/OPB
HUNDREDS RALLIED ACROSS OREGON IN SUPPORT OF ABORTION ACCESS ON TUESDAY, RESPONDING TO THE LEAKED U.S. SUPREME COURT DRAFT REGARDING ROE V. WADE. BUT IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON, THE DECISION, EVEN IF IT BECOMES LAW, WILL MAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCE TO ABORTION ACCESS./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB
Both states are known for liberal legal frameworks protecting the right to abortion, but advocates on both sides point out that laws can change.
May 10, 2022
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WESLEY DECASTRO WEARS A BUTTON AND STICKER AFTER HIS VACCINATION AT A PEDIATRIC COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC HELD AT CLACKAMAS TOWN CENTER IN NOVEMBER 2021 IN HAPPY VALLEY, ORE./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB