“The Oregon Health Authority has long been a strong advocate for seeking new approaches to support the health and well-being of its most vulnerable residents,” said Todd Stottlemyer, Acentra Health CE...
Oregon Public Health Division officials have confirmed 14 human cases ofWest Nile virus in Oregon residents, 10 from Malheur County, 2 from Harney County, and 1case in both Linn and Benton counties (overall recorded history) (7). According to the UnitedStates Census Bureau, as of 2012, the...
Bull; Text Only. Department of Environmental Quality. Cleaner Air Oregon Announces Regional Forum Schedule for Fall. Portland, OR The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Health Authority invite the public to attend four Cleaner Air Oregon regional forums in September and early Oc...
On August 14, 2018 the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Yamhill County Health and Human Services received reports of several people with gastrointestinal illness days after attending a wedding and reception in Yamhill County on August 11. The wedding which took place at the Maysara Winery, was ...
The Oregon Healthy Authority’s Public Health Division administers the Healthy Kids Learn Better program. The program provides technical assistance to partners throughout the state regarding school-based health issues. The program also works with the nonprofit Healthy Kids Learn Better Coalition. ...
and lack of medical resources including lack of health care workers all contribute to the high rate of infection and mortality. As of September 23,211 health care workers had died from the disease.Perhaps the greatest issue is the number of dead that continues to rise.The bodies are highly ...
The complexities inherent in birth order theories have always intriguedmoiself.There are sooooooo many variables – the number and gender of the children; the spacing between their births, a child whose mental and/or physical health issues drain monetary, emotional and time resources from the other...
House bill (HB) 2359 requires health care providers in Oregon to work with interpreters from a health care interpreter registry maintained by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). Advocates for the law say it will help ensure language access for residents of the northwestern US state wh...
The illegal marijuana farms are often posing as legal hemp farms, the commissioners noted. The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission recently reported that nearly 50% of registered hemp farms inspected in the state are illegally growing marijuana, with a THC ...
The bill also would require health insurers to cover medically necessary treatment for minors when they are addicted to cannabis. And it would address the shortage of emergency medical responders by requiring the health authority to study ways to recognize the training and experien...