Between 2012 and 2020, new HIV cases in Oregon were generally declining, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority. But in recent years, the trend has headed in the opposite direction. What’s ...
PORTLAND, Ore – The Oregon Health Authority on Thursday launched a plan to end new HIV infections in the state. The plan is called "End HIV Oregon," and it’s a 5-year plan focusing on three crucial ...
Hundreds of patients who visited hospitals in Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to potentially life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, as an anesthesiologist may not ...
Increased access to viral suppression medication that makes a person living with HIV less infectious, and to medication that prevents infection in the first place, are helping lay the groundwork for ...
Oregon launched an initiative Thursday aimed at ending new HIV infections in the state, building on decades of foundational work to introduce a new five-year plan focused on testing, prevention and ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – More than 2,000 patients from two Portland-area hospitals might have been exposed to several types of infections after a physician possibly violated hospital protocols, Oregon ...
Thousands of patients who were treated at two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, are being told to get bloods tests because of an "infection control breach" linked to an anesthesiologist that may have ...
More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an anesthesiologist who may not have ...
Oregon does not yet have the equivalent of a Magic Johnson. That is, a state-minted celebrity dear to Oregon's heart who's chosen, like Johnson, to be open about being HIV-positive. That kind of ...
On average, between 210 and 230 Oregonians are diagnosed with HIV each year. A new bill for the upcoming 2020 Oregon legislative session aims to lower that number, by allowing pharmacists to prescribe ...