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Oregon State University has found numerous instances of a Southern California strain that’s caused several large outbreaks there, plus a highly infectious British strain.

Oregon Health & Science University told The Lund Report it has identified a case of the variant that first emerged in Britain, following earlier announcements by the state of three cases.

Late last month Congress passed a nearly 5,600-page legislative package that included $900 billion for urgent pandemic relief, a ban on surprise medical bills and other non-COVID health care issues.

A union official tells lawmakers that these workers must not be made to wait in line for hours because they can’t afford to miss a day of pay.

The institution also said in a presentation prepared for its board that it is moving toward “making OHSU an anti-racist organization.”