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Vaccination efforts continue in Multnomah County through community collaboration

Community leaders and health care experts bring vaccines directly to neighborhoods with vaccine rate disparities Facing the drastic rise in cases and state restrictions that don’t preclude large groups of people from congregating, Oregon’s public health e ...

22 Sep 2021 - Andrew Jankowski
Opinion | The other pandemic: COVID-19 has elevated mental health concerns

The impacts on overall health outcomes should be monitored Stress during a pandemic can elicit fear and worry about health, it can disrupt sleep patterns, make concentration difficult, worsen chronic health conditions and mental health conditions, and lea ...

6 Jan 2021 - Rupal Ramesh Shah
Opinion | For America’s incarcerated, health care falls short

The failure to provide adequate care in correctional facilities is a symptom of an overburdened system “ I ncarceration affects health. In fact, more than half of the population in prisons and jails are at high risk for COVID-19 because many have chronic ...

11 Nov 2020 - Rupal Ramesh Shah
Opinion | Measure 108 a win-win-win for Oregonians

Increasing the tobacco tax would provide critical funding for Oregon Health Plan The Oregon Health Plan is one of the most critical safety net resources we have in Oregon. The OHP saves lives, connecting people to critical health services including primar ...

28 Oct 2020 - Rachel Solotaroff
Magic moment: Oregon could be first to legitimize psilocybin therapy

Measure 109 supporters anticipate ‘a huge societal shift’ if magic mushrooms are legalized for medical use On the morning of July 19, a Sunday, Neal drove from his home in Portland to a cabin in a remote part of Oregon. The person he traveled to meet gree ...

30 Sep 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Opinion | Racism has devastating impacts on public health

The pandemic has illuminated long-standing inequities in the American health care system, and it will take a nation to fix them Structural racism in the U.S. seeps into many aspects of Black Americans’ lives. As we’re witnessing with the coronavirus pande ...

7 Jul 2020 - Rupal Ramesh Shah
Far from over: Long-term HIV, AIDS survivors navigate another pandemic

Some commit to staying inside until there’s a coronavirus vaccine, and some look to help In 1996, Portlander James Cox was teetering on the edge of death with his second terminal AIDS diagnosis. Healthy individuals usually have a T cell count of 500 to 1, ...

24 Jun 2020 - Jessica Pollard
Non-English-speaking patients in Oregon often denied adequate translation services

Long-standing problems with the interpreter industry put vulnerable populations at risk in medical settings Communication Breakdown In this two-part series, we examine how the pandemic has exacerbated problems facing Oregon's interpreters. Long-stand ...

18 Jun 2020 - Chris May
Interpreters struggle to make ends meet, stay safe during pandemic

Those working in health care settings in Oregon have limited legal protections and unreliable access to PPE Communication Breakdown In this two-part series, we examine how the pandemic has exacerbated problems facing Oregon's interpreters. Long-stand ...

11 Jun 2020 - Chris May
Clackamas County Jail expands medication-assisted treatment for opioid withdrawals

A $720,000 grant has allowed the county to build on its pilot project During the past year, about 1,600 people have been offered medications such as buprenorphine to assist with their opioid use disorder and withdrawal symptoms while they’ve been in the C ...

2 Jun 2020 - Christen McCurdy