The study found that after Oregon expanded Medicaid in 2014, more women were able to receive coverage for abortion services.
Category: Public Health
Recognizing the strain of the pandemic in Columbia County, Jenny and others in the area’s OSU Extension Service office didn’t hesitate to assist with drive-through COVID-19 testing clinics.
A former Vice Admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy was once again nominated to serve as U.S. Surgeon General on the new president’s health team.
Prior to the state’s Medicaid expansion as part of the Affordable Care Act, low-income women who were not otherwise eligible for Medicaid became eligible when they became pregnant.
Oregon State researchers received a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to create a national TRACE Center that will expand the OSU’s COVID-19 public health project to other states.
Tobacco control efforts have reduced cigarette smoking for many, but those efforts have disproportionately helped white smokers, while other racial and ethnic groups are still struggling.