Public Health

State lawmakers and health care industry experts say the future includes workforce and capacity challenges for Oregon — even after COVID-19 fades.

The health care industry deals with anti-vaccine workers while looking ahead to booster shots and future COVID-19 waves.

COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care and state employment is not coercion, state says in response to lawsuit filed in federal court.

A group of 42 people has sued Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Oregon Health Forum on Wednesday focused on ways to prepare workers and their organizations for the Oct. 18 deadline.

From equipment purchases to requests for extensions of temporary staff, signs abound of hospitals anticipating a drawn-out surge.

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Primary and urgent care providers face high patient demand — and are increasing services — as hospitals remain crammed with COVID-19 and other patients.

Experts say the governor’s move is necessary to fight the rising tide of COVID-19 cases and avoid a shortage of hospital beds.

Many hundreds of lives in Oregon and Washington would be saved this year if the public again embraced masks, University of Washington projections show.