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KAISER PERMANENTE SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER IN CLACKAMAS./M.O. STEVENS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Kaiser Permanente Health Workers Authorize Possible Strike

Nurses and other professional health care workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and southwest Washington voted 96% in favor of authorizing a strike.

Oct 11, 2021

Legacy closed it's West Linn Urgent Care, above, in 2021. Now the nonprofit says it will close six more urgent care sites in Portland and Clark County. | COURTESY LEGACY GOHEALTH

Legacy Places Unvaccinated Staff On Leave, Closes Urgent Care And Lab Locations

A Legacy spokeswoman says the closures will be temporary and include four GoHealth Urgent Care Centers and four labs.

Oct 5, 2021

A large group of people wearing purple shirts and holding labor union signs stand in front of Kaiser building.

DOZENS OF HEALTH WORKERS RALLIED OUTSIDE KAISER PERMANENTE'S CASCADE PARK CAMPUS IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, IN SUPPORT OF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW CONTRACT TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019./MOLLY SOLOMON/OPB

Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Vote To Authorize Strike In Oregon

The roughly 3,000 skilled health care workers represented by Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals have been in contract negotiations since April.

Oct 5, 2021

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Oregon Health Authority Reports 79 Schools With Active COVID-19 Outbreaks

Up from 48 the previous week, the numbers are likely an undercount or behind current case information.

Sep 30, 2021

FRITZ LIEDTKE/OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Oregon Officials Announce Vaccine Booster Guidelines

Groups eligible for a Pfizer booster shot include seniors, people living in long-term care facilities, those with certain underlying medical conditions, and people working in higher risk occupations.

Sep 30, 2021

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BRYAN M. VANCE/OPB

Judge Signals Oregon’s Psychiatric Hospital May Have To Add Capacity

A federal judge gave Oregon State Hospital until Dec. 3 to speed up admissions and increase capacity for patients languishing in jail while awaiting beds.

Sep 23, 2021

Richmond Elementary in Southeast Portland required masks last fall. | ELIZABETH MILLER/OPB

Oregon Vaccination Rates Up As Some Schools Ask Families To Disclose Children's Shots

COVID-19 vaccination rates for 12- to 17-year-olds in Oregon vary by county, with 59.6% vaccinated statewide.

Sep 21, 2021

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. | OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Oregon Attorney General Signs Onto Brief Supporting Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined 23 other states in their support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ban.

Sep 16, 2021