Lane County Public Health

The 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.

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.

Lane County health officials are warning of an increase in an uncommon infectious bacteria.

More than a quarter of the identified cases were recorded in Lane County.

A new mobile crisis response program in Lane County is set to launch Sunday, August 18. Any resident of the county experiencing a behavioral health emergency will be able to access trauma-informed, on-site intervention services by dialing or texting 988, or calling the dedicated crisis line.

Oregon has had roughly 25 new cases of measles in the last few weeks.

Officials say there's been an increase in cases based on wastewater testing.

A new, public health-based emergency response program in Lane County is training volunteers from historically under-served populations to be ready to help in a crisis and even to save a life.

Lane County will soon launch a mobile crisis response program to serve far-flung, rural communities often referred to as “mental health care deserts.”

The number of severe COVID-19 cases in Lane County is on the rise as Oregon awaits delivery of the new vaccine and booster.

A steady rise in syphilis cases in Lane County has health officials on high alert.

Eugene Police have reported a spike in drug overdoses starting Saturday night. Fentanyl was used in some cases.