Enter wastewater surveillance — a tool public health officials used during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the virus' spread. But new research led by Oregon State University shows that testing wastewater won’t be as helpful for tracking the spread of the H5N1 bird flu.

The emergency is over, but the long-term effects of the pandemic are still highly visible across multiple sectors including education, business and real estate.

In 2015, then-Gov. Kate Brown signed House Bill 2655, which requires districts to send out notices to parents and allow them to opt their children out of state exams. For years since, Oregon has not hit the federally mandated 95% testing opt-in rate.

Annual median household income topped $100,000 in 2023 for the first time in Clackamas and Washington counties, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The median income in Clark County wasn’t far behind, a little above $97,000.

The Oregon women's basketball team will likely have to sweat out Selection Sunday March 16 after a loss to Indiana in the Big Ten tourney.

On January 14, 2025, at Mainland Regional High School, History Teacher Scott Betson, seen here teaching his sophomore A.P. U.S. History class, talks about the changes that have stayed with teachers that were created from the effects of the recent pandemic.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill that bans government and school mask mandates to combat infectious diseases.

OUD treatment in opioid treatment programs is associated with a lower risk for COVID-19 diagnoses and COVID-related emergency department visits than other treatment approaches or no treatment.

The recently released ‘National Report Card’ test scores show 40% of fourth graders don’t have basic reading skills, and 39% of eighth graders are behind in math. The numbers of lagging students are up 6 and 8 percentage points, respectively, since 2019, and the shutdowns and stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.