Residents asked to help in search for person dumping human waste
It s happening on rural roads in East Multnomah County. Someone is placing bags of human feces either in the roads or on the shoulders. Author: Keely Chalmers (KGW) Updated: 7:55 AM PST February 5, 2021
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. A downright disgusting and potentially dangerous situation is ongoing in East Multnomah County. Someone is illegally dumping human feces, in an unusual pattern, along rural roads. It s been going on for about two years and quite frankly it s starting to drain our resources, said Multnomah County Health Department enforcement officer Dave Thomson.
For years Thomson has been chasing an unusual suspect, someone who is using the normally scenic east county roads as their own public toilet.
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The State’s Largest Provider of Community Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services Seeks a Bailout Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare s budget crunch could not come at a worse time. Updated February 3 More than 18,000 Oregonians depend on Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare for treatment of serious mental illness and addiction, conditions that for many have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Portland nonprofit employs nearly 1,000 workers and provides services at 75 facilities, ranging from walk-in crisis centers to supportive housing for more than 700 clients, including at its new 52-unit Garlington Center apartments on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
January 5, 2021
The Multnomah County Health Department on Monday urged residents to temporarily leave their North Portland apartments after multiple people became ill with Legionnaires Disease.
Four people have been hospitalized and one person has died.
The Health Department notified more than 100 residents at Rosemont Court, 597 North Dekum St, of concerns about the water system after multiple people became ill with pneumonia. The Health Department is working with Northwest Housing Alternatives which owns Rosemont Court to temporarily relocate residents and ensure proper cleaning of the building plumbing system to remove any remaining Legionella bacteria. The bacteria is found naturally in fresh water, but can cause health problems if it gets into a building’s water supply.
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COVID-19 cases drop sharply nationally, likely from careful behavior not vaccines
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Posted Jan 28, 2021
Experts say it’s too early to see improvement from the vaccine rollout that started with health care workers in late December. Also, we re nowhere near herd immunity, which would be 70% of the population having had the disease or been vaccinated. Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian
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By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News
A dozen states including Oregon are reporting drops of 25% or more in new COVID-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, federal data released Wednesday shows. Experts say the plunge may relate to growing fear of the virus after it reached record-high levels, as well as soaring hopes of getting vaccinated soon.