Oregon & The Workplace

Caregivers in long-term care centers and in private homes are at risk of COVID-19 exposure and infection.

On behalf of the Oregon COVID-19 Construction Taskforce, we invite all Oregon construction and trades workers to participate in a survey.

What things can we do to reduce our health impact during wildfire smoke events?

Earlier this spring, Oregon OSHA issued a temporary rule addressing the COVID-19 emergency.

The article, What to Do If You’ve Lost Your Job Because of COVID-19 offers suggestions in the immediacy of being furloughed or losing work.

Occupational health and safety outcomes for employees with addiction are impacted by the workplaces' ability to address mental health needs.

The compounding effects of the COVID-19 crisis continue to affect our physical, social, psychological, and economic well-being

Explore whether areas of Oregon with more workers in high risk industry sectors also have higher levels of workplace injuries.

Last week on World Mental Health Day, the first “National Guidelines for Workplace Suicide Prevention” were launched.

On August 9, 2019, Oregon became the eighth state in the country to pass a paid family leave bill.

Each year more than 200,000 post 9/11 veterans join the workforce, after having returned from Iraq or Afghanistan. The government offers...

Earlier this month we blogged about loneliness, which serves to remind all of us about the importance of our relationships with the...

In a recent paper in  Nature Scientific Reports , Drs. McCullough and Lloyd report findings on prevention of skin cancer with DNA repair...

Health and disease surveillance in many low-income countries is poor, such that disease outbreaks are recognized very slowly, sick people...

Research studies that began in 2011 at the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) have resulted in four toolkits that we are eager to...

Lead is not particularly difficult to measure and detect, it requires knowledge, discipline, and usually resources to effectively remedy.

Potentially unsafe levels of arsenic and cadmium have been detected in the air of Southeast Portland.

Saurabh S. Thosar, Ph.D, has been awarded the Early Clinical Investigator Award from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon.

It is important to remember that the best way to prevent heat-related illness is to keep workers cool and hydrated throughout the day.

I often overhear conversations on my daily tram commute that relate in some way to the mission of our  Institute  and the  Oregon Healthy...