The state’s guidelines for a crisis such as COVID-19 lack a commitment not to withhold care from people with disabilities, according to a federal complaint Oregon’s crisis health care guidelines leave room for discrimination against people with disabiliti ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The government's response to COVID-19 could give Americans a taste of ‘socialized medicine' and lift critics' fears, says Stephanie Nakajima of Healthcare-NOW For all the tragedy wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, Stephanie Nakajima wishe ...
5 May 2020 - Tom Henderson
The Multnomah County commissioner is concerned about how pandemic-related stress is affecting medically vulnerable people and health care workers Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran remembers serving on the front lines of a pandemic, working as a ...
25 Mar 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
COMMENTARY | Many seniors can’t afford an unexpected health crisis This week, Oregon’s governor followed Washington and California in declaring a state of emergency, allowing the Oregon Health Authority to deploy additional staff and resources to respond ...
13 Mar 2020 - Marisa Espinoza
DIRECTOR'S DESK | Accustomed to getting the news out, they are becoming the media in a new way — by word of mouth Street Roots vendors are hitting the trails to deliver accurate information about COVID-19 to other unhoused people. Accustomed to getti ...
12 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand
COMMENTARY | Today, it’s Trump’s ban on immigrants who need assistance, but medical injustice for people of color has roots 155 years deep On Jan. 27, the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to approve the Trump administration’s “public charge” law, als ...
7 Feb 2020 - Helen Hill
Nadia Dahab, a local attorney involved in the legal fight against Trump’s policy banning immigrants who can’t pay for health care, says the White House is subverting Congress On Thursday, Jan. 9, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard o ...
17 Jan 2020 - Anna Pedersen
The county’s mental health funding isn’t reaching half of the people who qualify, according to the report More than half of adults who qualify for mental health services offered by Multnomah County aren’t getting them, according to an audit report release ...
29 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
Layoffs come as the health center sees more patients forgo coverage due to a ‘chilling effect’ from Trump’s immigration rhetoric and ‘public charge’ policy Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has cut 34 jobs and frozen 47 open positions across its netw ...
25 Oct 2019 - Christen McCurdy
For some, sobriety is a tradeoff when recovery culture perpetuates body-image issues Loitering on the sidewalk outside the building’s entrance, a mismatched group of individuals chat away while smoking cigarettes. Once inside, they’ll be offered coffee an ...
6 Sep 2019 - Emily Green