Lane County Public Health

Public health officials say summertime’s outdoor festivals and events come with an increase in substance abuse and overdose-related emergencies.

A previously reported outbreak of Shigella in Lane County appears to have gotten less severe.

We sit down with Lane County Senior Public Health Officer Dr. Patrick Leudtke.

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.”