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For months, Linda Kenny has only seen her family from inside her adult care home./Sharri Anderson

Oregon Health Officials Make Progress Vaccinating Adult Care Home Residents

State and county officials, with the help of FEMA and emergency services, have launched mobile clinics to ensure that homebound and group home residents get a jab.

Mar 11, 2021
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Oregon Lawmakers Hope To Better Protect Seniors In Long-Term Care

A bill in the Oregon Legislature would create an advisory group to suggest ways the facilities, which have suffered the majority of deaths from COVID-19, could prepare for an outbreak.

Mar 10, 2021
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COVID-19 symptoms can last for months./Conscious Design on Unsplash

For COVID ‘Long Haulers,’ Battling for Disability Benefits Adds Aggravation to Exhaustion

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are experiencing what is being called “long COVID” — a pattern of prolonged symptoms following an acute bout of the disease.

Mar 10, 2021

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Pfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls

Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now slated to produce the drugmaker’s urgently needed COVID-19 vaccine.

Mar 10, 2021

Stephanie Salazar-Rodriguez is paying about $10,000 a year for premiums and is afraid she will have to run up her credit card or have to find extra work to afford it.Rachel Woolf for Kaiser Health News

Pandemic Aid Package Includes Relief From High Premiums

Mar 9, 2021

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