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UnsplashThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced plans to drop recommendations for pregnant women and healthy children to get COVID-19 vaccines. The decision has Lane County’s Senior Public Health Officer noting some discrepancies. -
Oregon Coast Community College, School of Nursing and Allied HealthOregon Coast Community College in Newport has been approved to offer its own four-year accredited degree in nursing. The opportunity comes at a time when demand for nurses is high, particularly in rural places.
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McKenzie-Willamette plans to develop a site in west Eugene as a free-standing Emergency Department. -
The proposed ordinance would primarily affect the nonprofit HIV Alliance, which provides a needle exchange program for drug users in an effort to reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis C. -
The imminent departure of two Rite Aid pharmacies in Newport and Lincoln City has added some urgency to potential plans by Samaritan Health Services to open its second pharmacy in Lincoln County. -
As summer draws near, blood banks tend to see a significant drop in donations. It’s a serious problem as we head into the time of year when the demand for medical blood is at its peak. -
A bill to sharply limit corporate decision making in clinics and ban most healthcare noncompete agreements in Oregon cleared a key legislative committee Thursday. -
Oregon lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that would allow some therapists, doctors and other care providers to lead psilocybin treatment for their clients. -
Nearly 10% of Oregon kindergartners have a non-medical exemption to some or all of the vaccines that are required to attend school. That’s according to numbers released Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority. -
This week's speakers illustrate the powerful potential to create healthy and thriving communities and how prevention is working here, in Lane County, to promote health and wellness, every day. -
After a wet April, this year’s allergy season in the Willamette Valley seemed like it might be delayed. -
A new report from the Hospital Association of Oregon shows half of all hospitals in the state are in the red again, raising the stakes if the U.S. Congress makes cuts to federal benefit programs.
