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Psilocybin Measure Advances With Board Appointments

Gov. Kate Brown names a new 17-member advisory board to implement a regulatory structure for voter-backed Measure 109.

Mar 17, 2021

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Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach COVID Herd Immunity?

With three vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — now authorized for emergency use in the United States, there seems to be hope that the pandemic’s end may be in sight.

Mar 17, 2021

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Oregon Bill Would Expand Medicaid Coverage To Undocumented Adults

Gov. Kate Brown supports a pilot project to spend $10 million on coverage to 2,000 adults, building on a program that now covers undocumented children in the state.

Mar 16, 2021
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Clinical Services Director Cherity Bloom-Miller oversees operations at a temporary COVID-19 vaccine site organized by the Siletz Community Health Clinic for tribal members and their families in Salem./Alex Milan Tracy for Underscore.news