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Families shown waiting last November for their turn at a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic for children ages 5 through11 years old at Clackamas Town Center./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB

Why Federal Approval Of A COVID Vaccine For Infants, Toddlers Took This Long

Federal health advisors last week authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old, the last age group to gain access to the vaccine.
Jun 21, 2022
Volunteer Jim Jackson of Portland cleans tables on May 2, 2022, as Blanchet House reopened for indoor dining following more than two years of closure due to the pandemic./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB

Lessons From Oregon’s 7th Wave Of COVID-19

Is SARS-CoV-2 on a path to behaving more like other cold viruses?
Jun 7, 2022
St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

Most Oregon Hospitals Owe Feds For Early Pandemic Loans

The loans are contributing to the financial woes of Northwest health systems, which are reporting some of their biggest losses since the pandemic began.
May 31, 2022
People gather outside apartment complex.
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS VISITED TENNY CREEK ASSISTED LIVING FOR AN OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING IN VANCOUVER ON MONDAY. THE FACILITY OFFERS GREATER LEVEL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT THAN OTHER SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS, OFFICIALS SAID./TROY BRYNELSON/OPB

Vancouver Housing Project Brings More Medical Treatment To Homeless Community

A new 40-unit apartment building intended to help unsheltered people will offer medical treatment and nursing on its premises.
May 17, 2022
HUNDREDS RALLIED ACROSS OREGON IN SUPPORT OF ABORTION ACCESS ON TUESDAY, RESPONDING TO THE LEAKED U.S. SUPREME COURT DRAFT REGARDING ROE V. WADE. BUT IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON, THE DECISION, EVEN IF IT BECOMES LAW, WILL MAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCE TO ABORTION ACCESS./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Abortion Access In Oregon And Washington Won’t Change, Unless State Law Does

Both states are known for liberal legal frameworks protecting the right to abortion, but advocates on both sides point out that laws can change.
May 10, 2022
WESLEY DECASTRO WEARS A BUTTON AND STICKER AFTER HIS VACCINATION AT A PEDIATRIC COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC HELD AT CLACKAMAS TOWN CENTER IN NOVEMBER 2021 IN HAPPY VALLEY, ORE./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon COVID-19 Cases Are Up, Severity Is Down

With masks off, more people are starting to get COVID-19 again, but public health officials don’t expect a surge of deadly cases.
May 3, 2022
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