The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Immunization Practices (ACIP) have jointly approved the new
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$39 Million in Pandemic Food Benefits Heading to Oregon Students
The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) will begin issuing approximately $39 million in Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) food benefits to approximately 325,000 students in Oregon
Vaccination Mandates for Oregon Health Care Workers End May 11
In alignment with the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ending May 11, state health officials today announced the lifting of health-protective measures that helped reduce
COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Continue to Drop in Oregon
As COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations continue their declines in Oregon and across the country, state health officials remain hopeful that an anticipated spring infection
Respiratory and Virus Hospitalizations Dropping in Oregon
Following the worst respiratory virus surge Oregon has ever seen, the state’s top health official today painted an optimistic picture for spring, explaining conditions with
Oregon to Lift Healthcare Settings Mask Mandate on April 3
Workers, patients and visitors in health care settings will no longer be required to wear masks starting April 3, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced today.
Oregon to Resume COVID Home Owner Assistance Fund
Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will resume accepting new applications for the Oregon Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) Program on March 8, 2023. The agency
Oregon Seeing “Significant” Reduction in Respiratory Hospitalizations
Recent declines in community spread of influenza and RSV are expected to continue into spring, and while state health officials monitor a recent uptick in
Oregon: Plan Now for Emergency Benefits to End
Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in February. In February, approximately 416,000 SNAP households will receive around
Oregon Hospitals Report Loses of $215 Million in Six Months
Nearly two-thirds of Oregon’s hospitals lost money in the second quarter of 2022, with margins plunging to depths below the lockdown phase of 2020 when
Latest Oregon COVID Breakthrough Data Released
Oregon Health Authority’s most recent update on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, released today, reported 40,013 cases of infection during the month of July. Of those cases,
Gov Brown Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff for COVID Victims
Governor Kate Brown ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset, May 16, in memory of the nearly 1,000,000
