In The NewsThree Portland-area public health departments are sounding the alarm that tens of thousands of health workers and adults with disabilities risk falling behind as Gov. Kate Brown moves forward Tuesday with a statewide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for teachers.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Multnomah County, Clackamas County and Washington County expect to receive 15,000 first doses of the vaccine this week. Of those, 12,000 are earmarked for educators, leaving just 3,000 for those remaining in .Related: Among the people in 1A who may still be waiting for the vaccine are adults with...…In The NewsThree Portland-area public health departments are sounding the alarm that tens of thousands of health workers and adults with disabilities risk falling behind as Gov. Kate Brown moves forward Tuesday with a statewide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for teachers.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Multnomah County, Clackamas County and Washington County expect to receive 15,000 first doses of the vaccine this week. Of those, 12,000 are earmarked for educators, leaving just 3,000 for those remaining in .Related: Among the people in 1A who may still be waiting for the vaccine are adults with...WW…

In The NewsThis week, Kaiser Permanente launched a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Oregon Convention Center in partnership with three other large health systems: Providence, Legacy Health and OHSU.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:It’s the first mass vaccination site in the Portland area and a key step in the state’s effort to build a system that can eventually scale up to inoculate more than 3 million adult Oregonians.The convention center clinic will be by appointment only and will start out vaccinating around 2,000 people a day. As more doses become available, Kaiser and its partners say the site...…In The NewsThis week, Kaiser Permanente launched a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Oregon Convention Center in partnership with three other large health systems: Providence, Legacy Health and OHSU.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:It’s the first mass vaccination site in the Portland area and a key step in the state’s effort to build a system that can eventually scale up to inoculate more than 3 million adult Oregonians.The convention center clinic will be by appointment only and will start out vaccinating around 2,000 people a day. As more doses become available, Kaiser and its partners say the site...WW…

In The NewsOregon is well behind a target public health officials set earlier this month to people their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before the years’ end.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Late Wednesday, just over 31,000 people had received their first dose, according to the state’s , though there can be up to a 72-hour lag in reporting new vaccinations.The Oregon Health Authority attributes the delays to start-up issues, and said vaccine provider sites across the state are inoculating more people per hour. The agency said the supply of vaccines is not the issue.“We do have enough vaccine this...…In The NewsOregon is well behind a target public health officials set earlier this month to people their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine before the years’ end.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Late Wednesday, just over 31,000 people had received their first dose, according to the state’s , though there can be up to a 72-hour lag in reporting new vaccinations.The Oregon Health Authority attributes the delays to start-up issues, and said vaccine provider sites across the state are inoculating more people per hour. The agency said the supply of vaccines is not the issue.“We do have enough vaccine this...WW…

In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.For months, Oregon seemed to be a national outlier, spared the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:But in the past several weeks, a surge in seriously ill COVID-19 patients have arrived in emergency rooms from Portland to Medford to Bend, pushing hospital bed occupancy in some regions towards 90% and straining the health system.Related: “For much of the last four months, we were oscillating between roughly two and eight patients requiring hospitalization with COVID-19 disease. Today we have 49 patients,” said Dr....…In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.For months, Oregon seemed to be a national outlier, spared the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:But in the past several weeks, a surge in seriously ill COVID-19 patients have arrived in emergency rooms from Portland to Medford to Bend, pushing hospital bed occupancy in some regions towards 90% and straining the health system.Related: “For much of the last four months, we were oscillating between roughly two and eight patients requiring hospitalization with COVID-19 disease. Today we have 49 patients,” said Dr....WW…

In The NewsLast Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 7:45 p.m.81.62% Reporting1,232,11558.8%863,20441.2%Oregonians made their state the first in the United States to decriminalize the personal possession of illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamine.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: was passing by a wide margin in unofficial returns updated Wednesday morning.The ballot measure reclassifies possession of small amounts of drugs as a civil violation, similar to a traffic offense. The penalty becomes a $100 fine, which a person can avoid by agreeing to participate in a health assessment....…In The NewsLast Updated: Nov. 4, 2020 7:45 p.m.81.62% Reporting1,232,11558.8%863,20441.2%Oregonians made their state the first in the United States to decriminalize the personal possession of illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and methamphetamine.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: was passing by a wide margin in unofficial returns updated Wednesday morning.The ballot measure reclassifies possession of small amounts of drugs as a civil violation, similar to a traffic offense. The penalty becomes a $100 fine, which a person can avoid by agreeing to participate in a health assessment....WW…

In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.Last week, as coronavirus infected a growing number of Oregonians for the fourth week in a row, the Oregon Health Authority shared from a survey of county health departments statewide.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Oregon’s counties, OHA said, had trained a workforce of about 500 case investigators and contact tracers ready to support people who test positive for COVID-19 and track down others they might have infected.Related: In combination with a team of about 100 people the Oregon Health Authority has got trained and ready to deploy to...…In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.Last week, as coronavirus infected a growing number of Oregonians for the fourth week in a row, the Oregon Health Authority shared from a survey of county health departments statewide.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Oregon’s counties, OHA said, had trained a workforce of about 500 case investigators and contact tracers ready to support people who test positive for COVID-19 and track down others they might have infected.Related: In combination with a team of about 100 people the Oregon Health Authority has got trained and ready to deploy to...WW…

In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.Language barriers are complicating efforts to contain a large outbreak of COVID-19 that has hit the coastal community of Newport, infecting more than 120 workers employed by Pacific Seafood at several of its processing plants.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Newport has the second-largest workplace outbreak to date in Oregon. It is disproportionately impacting the Hispanic community in Newport, which makes up about 16% of the local population.  The largest workplace outbreak to date is at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, with...…In The NewsYour browser does not support the audio element.Language barriers are complicating efforts to contain a large outbreak of COVID-19 that has hit the coastal community of Newport, infecting more than 120 workers employed by Pacific Seafood at several of its processing plants.THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:Newport has the second-largest workplace outbreak to date in Oregon. It is disproportionately impacting the Hispanic community in Newport, which makes up about 16% of the local population.  The largest workplace outbreak to date is at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, with...WW…