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Oregon’s tribes hit hard by COVID-19
Louie Pitt remembers the moment that COVID-19 got real for him. Pitt, governmental affairs and planning director for…
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Demand for traveling health care professionals increases amid pandemic
Traveling health care workers are a staple in rural medical care — and have been popular during the…
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Type 2 Diabetes on the rise among younger people
More younger people were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the past decade than ever before. Some medical…
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Shelter adoptions slower in rural Union County
Eastern Oregon stood apart from the national storylines of pet adoptions increasing in 2020 due to the pandemic.…
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Mountain excursions replace adventure vacations during pandemic
The wind-snapped tree crashed down across the mountain trail, close enough to Diana Brown that she felt the…
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Businesses not big on idea of requiring employees to get vaccinated
ENTERPRISE — Theresa Russell, owner of Olive Branch Family Health and Michael McDonald, who works at the clinic,…
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Column: Vaccine shipment brings hope
On a chilly Thursday morning in December, hope arrived in a box. At 10:25 a.m., a FedEx truck…
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Column: Don’t delay cancer screening during the pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, non-urgent medical care took a back seat to prioritize more pressing needs and…
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Column: How the COVID-19 vaccines work
Few measures in the history of public health intervention compare to the impact vaccines have had on preventing…
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St. Charles and OHSU join forces to create new residency program to focus on rural medicine
Life really does come full circle. Dr. Marcel Tam, a doctor at the Indian Health Center a rural…
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