Tag: Oregon Health Authority

By Ben Botkin/Oregn Capital Chronicle Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi wants to improve Oregon's health care system, including keeping rural hospitals open and supporting...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle The only pediatrician — and medical doctor — in the state Legislature treats vulnerable children in her practice and now...

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak in Oregon, state and local health officials are urging everyone to be vaccinated against measles, and especially for children to be...

By Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority wants to expand access to health care, grow the state’s behavioral health system and connect more...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Another COVID outbreak is sweeping parts of the country, with infections increasing on the West Coast. The summer spread has become...

The Oregon Health Authority and community-based organizations installed more than a hundred water filtration systems at residential households in the Lower Umatilla Basin Ground...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon, known nationally for its innovative approach to Medicaid, has kept more people than any other state on the free...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle The water woes are not over for hundreds of households in eastern Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority has asked about 1,600...

The Oregon Health Authority is encouraging people in the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area to get their well water retested for nitrates for...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is in the midst of its first extreme heat wave of the summer, with temperatures soaring into the triple...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle After two years of planning, Oregon is officially expanding its Medicaid program to give tens of thousands of more people...

By Antonia Sierra/OBP Two months after her return visit to the Lower Umatilla Basin, Gov. Tina Kotek has released goals on how the state can...

By Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle The nonprofit Oregon Rural Action, along with former state environmental regulators and a large coalition of nonprofit groups, is again...

By Lynne Terry/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon health authorities are worried about an infectious disease raging through schools, with almost one in 10 kindergarteners missing at...

Oregon is working to increase access to resources for people struggling with their mental health. For decades, Oregon has had a higher rate of suicide...

Community Counseling Solutions will host a ribbon-cutting and open house at Rivers Edge Acute Center for Healing in Hermiston. CCS Executive Director Kimberly Lindsay invites...

By Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle From Portland to Albany, and from urban cities to the rural regions, Oregonians agree that the Legislature must take action...

Two vocal groups emerged during a town hall meeting held Monday, Feb. 5, in Boardman to discuss community opinions on the Morrow County Board...

Just more than a year after the recall of two Morrow County commissioners, residents are again considering a recall petition against the three members...

This week the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported a 10.4% test positivity rate for COVID-19, which indicates ongoing high community transmission in Oregon, based on data...