MEDFORD, Ore.- The Opioid Settlement Board is expanding Oregon’s access to substance use disorder treatment and services by allocating over $13 million to treatment programs and jails. These funds are awarded to the Oregon Health Authority, which will administer the ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- The Oregon Health Authority announces mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus have been identified in Oregon for this first time this year. OHA says three mosquito pools have tested positive for the virus in Malheur County. The virus is ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- The Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Board, also known as the Opioid Settlement Board, directs $5 million to recovery centers in Josephine and Klamath counties. The funding to the two counties is part of a larger $13 ...
OREGON – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) says drinking raw milk may put people at risk for bird flu. OHA wrote in a recent Facebook post that drinking unpasteurized milk has many health risks, now including a potential bird flu ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Jackson County Mental Health celebrates federal funding for a statewide suicide and crisis lifeline awareness campaign. Earlier this week we told you that the Oregon Health Authority received $3 million in federal funding for its 988 Suicide ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- The Oregon Health Authority is receiving $3 million in federal funding for its 988 Suicide and Crisis Life Line statewide public awareness campaign. Dean Carson, 988 Communications Officer for the OHA, says the 3-digit hotline is a 24/7, ...
Next week is the deadline for all Oregon students to be up to date on their vaccines if they want to keep attending school. Oregon Health Authority requires all children attending school or daycare to be up to date with ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Many in the Oregon’s wine industry say they’re dis-heartened to hear that the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) may have withheld information that says an increase in alcohol taxes, doesn’t help prevent excessive drinking. It comes from a ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is reviewing the same situation that we previously reported on, that is being investigated by the Medford Police Department. But it says it is not yet investigating the alleged drug diversion case, ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- The OHA and DEQ will monitor several Oregon Beaches for bacteria next year. The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program (OBMP) has finalized a list of beaches to be monitored for unsafe levels of bacteria for the 2024/2025 season. The ...