Findings suggest that early home health care may facilitate access to hospice care, resulting in greater comfort and support for individuals facing end-of-life decisions; highlighting the crucial role home health care plays in improving the end-of-life experience for older adults and their families.

Agricultural workers are two to three times more likely to die by suicide than the general public. Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that will provide state money to support a suicide helpline for people who work the land.

Recommendations provided on how to meet the needs of patients and communities throughout Oregon and eliminate health inequities

6,829 miles from Iran, Mandana Masoumirad finds her voice. “As an Iranian student studying public health and interested in women’s health issues, I believe I must take action, speak for the Iranian people, strongly condemn the regime’s barbaric actions and stand with the Iranian people who chant on every street, ‘WOMEN, LIFE, LIBERTY.”

After nearly two years of COVID-19, health authorities made less restrictive recommendations due to time, medical advancements and natural immunity.

Elderly residents are wary of the jab even as Omicron spreads, and critics say zero-Covid policy is not sustainable