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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

How Two Oregon Companies Plan To Help Out-Of-State Employees Access Abortion

How two smaller Oregon companies, with fewer resources, plan to navigate a nationwide patchwork of abortion bans and restrictions.

Jul 12, 2022

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MULTNOMAH COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY 72 PEOPLE DIED FROM HEAT ILLNESS DURING A MASSIVE HEATWAVE IN JUNE LAST YEAR./APRIL EHRLICH / OPB

One Year Since ‘Heat Dome,’ Portland Remembers Those Lost

Multnomah County officials also release final report on 2021′s heat-related deaths.

Jun 28, 2022

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IN THIS FILE PHOTO FROM 2020, JASON COOK OF CLEAN WATER SERVICES PULLS A WASTEWATER SAMPLE FROM A SEWER IN FOREST GROVE, OREGON./TODD SONFLIETH/OPB

Oregon Wastewater Data Shows Far More People Have COVID Than Shown Through Testing

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

Why Federal Approval Of A COVID Vaccine For Infants, Toddlers Took This Long

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

The Science Of Sleep: Pacific Northwest Researchers Explore Secrets Of A Good Night’s Rest

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

Lessons From Oregon’s 7th Wave Of COVID-19

Is SARS-CoV-2 on a path to behaving more like other cold viruses?

Jun 7, 2022

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St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

Most Oregon Hospitals Owe Feds For Early Pandemic Loans

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

Vancouver Housing Project Brings More Medical Treatment To Homeless Community

A new 40-unit apartment building intended to help unsheltered people will offer medical treatment and nursing on its premises.

May 17, 2022

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Concerns Of Baby Formula Price Gouging Reach Oregon

May 14, 2022

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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

Abortion Access In Oregon And Washington Won’t Change, Unless State Law Does

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