Odell Lake algae prompts OHA recreational use health advisory
The Oregon Health Authority issued a recreational use health advisory Wednesday for Odell Lake due to the presence of a cyanobacteria (harmful algae)…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authority issued a recreational use health advisory Wednesday for Odell Lake due to the presence of a cyanobacteria (harmful algae)…
Continue ReadingMosaic Medical, a nonprofit community health center providing quality care for all in Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras, was awarded $50,000 from…
Continue ReadingSenate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released a proposal Monday to significantly expand the availability of telehealth services…
Continue ReadingFiguring out health insurance was complicated, even before facing a global pandemic. To help Oregonians sort through health insurance plans and…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (KTVZ) — The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has named Pilar Elaine Carson of Bend, Oregon, the first-place winner of its national 2020…
Continue ReadingTen more residents and staff at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care in Bend have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the total cases in that outbreak to 31,…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon will receive more than $16 million in grants to…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 249, along with a record 437 new cases, including 34 in Central…
Continue ReadingThe recently opened Deschutes County Stabilization Center has received a $2.4 million state grant that will allow the facility, a place for people…
Continue ReadingBend Family Dentistry is no stranger in facing a shortage of dental assistants, a key part of their business.…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 247, along with 282 new cases, 15 of them in Central Oregon, the…
Continue ReadingAfter recent spikes in COVID-19 cases, restaurants in Bend are navigating how to protect both employees and customers after some employees were…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon — the highest daily count in 2 1/2 months — raising the state’s death toll to 244, along with 380…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Leadership Council and Oregon Health Authority on Monday released Better Health for Oregonians:…
Continue ReadingOregon would have the highest tax on a pack of cigarettes on the West Coast if a ballot measure passes in November. Anti-smoking advocates are hoping…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Health Authorities reported a record 409 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, in part for technical reasons, but said there were no new deaths,…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County on Friday began distributing close to 130,000 masks to community partners, including local cities, chambers…
Continue ReadingYou hear the stories of many people who contract COVID-19, quarantining for 14 days and healing from the virus, but there’s a community of people…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 213, along with 303 new cases that move the total close to…
Continue ReadingA St. Charles Bend emergency physician shared what he called a “somewhat grim” message in a video he took outside the hospital’s ER on Friday, amid a…
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