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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s urgent mandate to move homeless campers into ‘humane’ shelters isn’t working Updated Jan 23, 2021; Facebook Share Most declined shelter at Mt. Scott Community Center, opting instead to remain in the streets. Scott M., 50, was one of about two dozen to give the shelter a try. He ditched the refurbished bicycle parts and assorted camping gear he sometimes sold to earn a few extra dollars, as well as his large tent. “I gave up everything to go there,” said Scott, who provided only the first initial of his last name. Scott lasted about two weeks at the s...

Readers respond: Housing needs long-term solutions Updated Jan 01, 2021; Over the past two weeks, our county, state and federal governments have taken critical steps to avert a looming eviction crisis. As an organization that operates homeless shelters, affordable housing and programs that support the housing and financial security of thousands of families in Multnomah County, Human Solutions knows well the hardship and fear caused by COVID-19 in our community – especially in our home of East Portland and East Multnomah County.  We applaud our elected leaders who fought to secure these st...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Teijin Pharma and TransThera Biosciences Form Strategic R&D Collaboration December 18, 2020 GMT TOKYO and NANJING, China, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Teijin Pharma Limited (“Teijin Pharma”), the core company of the Teijin Group ’s healthcare business headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and TransThera Biosciences Co. Ltd. (“TransThera”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Nanjing, China, jointly announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement for joint resea...

December 11 2020 The motels operated by the City/County Joint Office of Homeless Services are intended to slow the spread of the virus. As COVID-19 cases and deaths surge in Multnomah County, the City/County Joint Office of Homeless Services has completed moving around 300 vulnerable people from congregate shelters to motels where they can safely isolate. During the first week of December, adults began moving into the Portland Value Inn-Barbur in Southwest Portland. It is the sixth 24-hour "physical distancing motel shelter" opened by the joint office since June. "This pandemic has expo...

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