Governor Brown addresses the COVID-19 vaccination timeline and the federal reserve
Sydney Kurle | Jan 15, 2021 | Oregon
5 Things Oregon: Health policy preview, Committee membership, Vaccine rollout
DJ Wilson | Jan 14, 2021 | Oregon
Speaker Kotek announces committee assignments and new special committees
Emily Boerger | Jan 4, 2021 | Oregon
Six Oregon counties COVID-19 risk levels will be lowered on January 1st
Sydney Kurle | Dec 29, 2020 | Oregon
Oregon Legislators pass COVID relief packages in a third special session
Sydney Kurle | Dec 22, 2020 | Oregon
The Oregon Legislature reconvened Monday in a third special session to provide relief to Oregonians. Lawmakers came together amidst protests outside the capitol to pass $800 million in COVID and wildfire relief packages. In a one-day session called to address several pandemic and wildfire related crises, lawmakers were
Oregon health care leaders present their legislative concepts for the 2021 session
Sydney Kurle | Dec 21, 2020 | Oregon
During a remote committee meeting on Thursday the House Interim Committee on Health Care met to discuss their legislative concepts for the 2021 legislative session. Most notable among these concepts was the legislators’ commitment to addressing equity in health care, the social determinants of health, and health care affordability.
OHA report on climate change and health exposes inequities
Sydney Kurle | Dec 16, 2020 | Oregon
A new climate change report from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) says that as natural disasters worsen, the health effects of these events will disproportionately affect communities of color, tribal communities, and people of lower income status. The report, Climate and Health in Oregon 2020 report, builds on
Governor Kate Brown calls Special Session to consider $800 million in relief for Oregonians
The Office of Gov. Kate Brown | Dec 15, 2020 | Oregon
Governor Kate Brown will convene a Special Session of the Oregon Legislature at 8:00 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, to address Oregonians’ most pressing needs given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which have only been compounded by Oregon’s horrific wildfires. The Governor is asking the legislature to consider both critical policies
5 Things Oregon: Budget proposal, Biden era health policy, Vaccine science
DJ Wilson | Dec 10, 2020 | Oregon
This is indeed a "dark winter," as was predicted. But, I'm hopeful that we are perhaps at our nadir. We are 11 days away from the days getting longer. We are four days away from the likely first vaccines to distributed in the US. And, of course we are zero days
Hospitals announce staffing changes and temporary morgues as COVID cases surge in Oregon
Emily Boerger | Dec 9, 2020 | Oregon
As COVID-19 cases in Oregon continue to surge, Portland hospitals are setting up temporary morgues and instituting staffing changes to deal with the corresponding influx of patients. As of Tuesday, there were 553 COVID-positive patients in Oregon hospitals. The previous bump in hospitalizations, which occurred over the summer, peaked at
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