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To balance the budget, Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing eliminating an annual $300 million payment to public health, instituted after COVID. Advocates warn it could leave us more susceptible to another disease threat.
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They represent a small fraction of the tens of thousands of people who’ve lost free Medicaid benefits since last April.
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Oregon employers wonder about masking as state drops medical mandate and reports lower illness levelAs the state prepares to lift the mask mandate for health care settings on April 3, employers at other types of businesses are wondering what precautions make sense for their workplaces.
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Health regulators announced Friday that the mask requirement for workers, patients and visitors to health care settings such as hospitals, dentist’s offices, urgent care centers and school nurses offices, will expire April 3.
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As public health funding winds down, gaps in vaccination rates are increasing. Particularly for booster doses, the gap among racial and ethnic groups is widening significantly.
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Hundreds of thousands of students around the country disappeared from public schools during the pandemic and didn’t resume their studies elsewhere.
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The emergency order was issued on March 5, 2020 and allowed for an influx of almost 600 provisions that enabled more medical providers to give COVID-19 related care and freed up funding for spending on protective equipment and treatment space.
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For nearly three years, an increase in federal aid has allowed California to issue higher-than-usual amounts in food stamps. That ends in April.
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The state is expanding mortgage relief to more California homeowners who are struggling through the pandemic. The program now covers second mortgages and loan deferrals, with a maximum total grant of $80,000.
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States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protections put in place early in the covid-19 pandemic expire.
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Community health groups in California and across the country are training teens, many of them Hispanic or Latino, and deputizing them to serve as health educators at school, on social media, and in communities where covid vaccine fears persist.
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As the state prepares to end the state of emergency, those sites with less demand will close first.
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most Oregonians who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-- or SNAP-- have also gotten monthly, emergency allotments. Now, that’s about to end.
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Of the three respiratory diseases circulating this winter, RSV has improved the most with hospitalizations decreasing rapidly, the Oregon Health Authority says.