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The Oregon Health Authority reported 10,947 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the state’s highest single-day total to date.
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Manola Secaira/CapRadioIn Blodgett Forest, west of Lake Tahoe, researchers grapple with the state’s forest-management history while investigating what it means to have a healthy one. -
Vince Patton/Southern Oregon’s Lake Abert is a stopover for tens of thousands of migratory birds that use it to rest and fatten up on bugs and brine shrimp. But in 2021 it dried up. JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with Rob Davis, an investigative reporter at the Oregonian, about what happened to Lake Abert last year.
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"It's not a contest. The only contest is with yourself." Folk singer Janis Ian reminisces on her six decades in music and her final studio album The Light at the End of the Line.
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Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty ImagesRock & Roll Hall of Famer John Mellencamp returns with his first album of original songs in five years, Strictly a One-Eyed Jack.
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Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesWeekends with Adele was originally set to run from Jan. 21 to April 16. The singer announced that the Las Vegas residency was postponed due to COVID issues.
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Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP/The 64th annual Grammy Awards were postponed earlier this month following the rise in the omicron variant. Now the show will be televised on April 3.
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Anonymous/AP Photo, fileNhat Hanh distilled Buddhist teachings on compassion and suffering into easily grasped guidance over a lifetime dedicated to working for peace.
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NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesA new report in The Lancet finds that in 2019, antibiotic-resistant bacteria killed 1.2 million people — more than were killed by malaria or HIV/AIDS. The problem is mounting in lower-income nations.
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Advocates say federal spending on wildfire prevention could rebuild forest industry jobs and help rural communities. Critics say the plan relies too heavily on logging. -
Oregon's hospitals are so short on beds, many have been forced to cancel elective surgeries. One underreported problem: about 10 percent of hospital beds are occupied by patients who are ready to leave but have nowhere to go.
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State health officials are proposing a permanent rule that would be rescinded when it's no longer deemed necessary.
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But the Phoenix-Talent School District's extra efforts after the Almeda Fire boosted graduation rates for students made homeless by the fire.
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The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest was awarded $100,000 this week to reduce damaging wildfire risk in the watershed that provides drinking water to Medford and surrounding communities.
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More than half a million Oregonians have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in the state nearly two years ago. As the omicron variant of the virus continues to spread, public health authorities say they're focused on outbreaks in high-risk settings.
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Updated COVID workplace rules go into effect January 14. Several of the changes increase protections for vaccinated workers.
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Although state and federal rules require COVID tests to be free or covered by health insurance, people often have to pay hundreds of dollars upfront.
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The parole panel's recommendation to release Sirhan, 77, in August was based in part on new California laws since he was last denied parole in 2016 — the 15th time he'd lost his bid for release.
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California hospitals are struggling to keep up with increasing COVID cases at the same time they’re facing staffing shortages.
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The state discloses little about COVID in its juvenile prisons, but an internal memo reveals that one youth recently was hospitalized with severe symptoms.
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How long will California be able to avoid shutdowns of schools, health care facilities and businesses if the omicron wave doesn’t peak soon?
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