Oregon Health Authority

Allen oversaw OHA's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift in focus to ending health inequalities. On the campaign trail, Governor-elect Tina Kotek had said she’d fire him over the state's troubled behavioral and mental health system.

In other news, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler will reassign Portland bureaus to City Council members and mussel harvesting reopens along Oregon Coast.

The $302 million in voter-approved funding is primarily being used for "wrap-around services" like peer mentors and housing support, not professional medical services that could be paid for another way.

More than 200 Oregonians died while homeless from January through June of this year, according to recent data from the Oregon Health Authority.

‘Monkeypox,’ which does not come from monkeys and is usually an uncomfortable though fairly mild disease, is beginning to spread in Oregon.

The Oregon Health Authority published a report on Tuesday highlighting how wildfires, heat waves and drought are creating fear, frustration and hopelessness among young people

State officials say Oregon is past its “peak” for COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant.

The Oregon Health Authority reported 10,947 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the state’s highest single-day total to date.

The Oregon Health Authority will hold a briefing at 11 a.m. Friday about COVID-19 as the omicron variant surges in the state. Speakers will include Oregon State Health Officer Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon Department of Education Director Colt Gill and Peter Graven, Ph.D, director of the Oregon Health and Science University Office of Advanced Analytics.

The CDC recently shortened the recommended time for people to quarantine if they contract COVID-19 but the state's public schools and universities are waiting to hear from the Oregon Health Authority on whether the state will adhere to that change.