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Dry, itchy eyes? Runny nose, sneezing? If you’re in the Willamette Valley and you’re experiencing any of those symptoms, it might be due to the extraordinarily high grass pollen counts in the valley.

Nurses and clinicians who work for Providence Health in Portland and Seaside authorized plans to move forward with a strike.

Nurses say working conditions have grown unsafe for staff and patients.

Fueled by fentanyl, the number of overdose deaths in Oregon has soared since 2019. And while the surge in overdoses is part of a national problem, the state’s underfunded treatment system is struggling to provide local solutions.

Oregon Health Authority officials said in a statement the mpox vaccine is free and readily available to Oregonians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies are investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections linked to Papa Murphy's cookie dough.

Nurses say chronic understaffing has led to unsafe working conditions. It's the first time nurses at St. Charles have voted for a strike since 1980.

Nationally the increase in drug overdose deaths has slowed, but many states, including Texas and Washington, continued to see fatalities rise by 10 to 20 percent in 2022.

The vote comes amid increasing tensions between the hospital and nurses, who say staffing shortages are leading to unsafe conditions.

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