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Facebook to Help Organ Donations
Connecting people in need of transplants
m u n ic a tin g and tellin g sto ries," S teveJobs, w hose life was extended
Z uckerberg told A B C N ew s.
by a liver transplant.
"W e think that people can really
"We want to m ake it sim ple," said
h elp spread aw aren ess o f organ Z uckerberg. "Y ou ju st put in the
donations and that they w ant to state or country that you're from , so
p articipate in this to their friends, that we can help link you to the
A nd that can be a big part o f helping official registries."
solve the crisis that’s out there."
In the "health and w ellness" sec-
Z uckerberg said he was m oti- tion o f users' tim elines, users can
vated to launch the program by list their status as organ donors and
conversations w ith his girlfriend, explain the decision to their friends,
w ho is a m edical student, and his in an effort to raise aw areness about
friendship w ith A pple co -founder the need for donors.
Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
presents the 20TH A N N U A L
WOMEN
(A P) - F acebook on T uesday
unveiled an initiative to use the vast
social netw ork to help connect or­
gan donors w ith people w ho need
life-saving transplants.
F acebook
fo u n d er
M a rk
Z uckerberg announced the in itia­
tive and becam e one o f the first
F acebook users to sign up to d o ­
nate on the social netw ork.
M em b ers o f F aceb o o k in the
U nited States and B ritain can now
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indicate that they are organ donors
on their tim elines, and if they are not
donors, they can find links to o ffi­
cial organ donation registries and
instantly enroll.
"Facebook is really about com -
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Equal Opportunity Leader at OHSU
M ic h a e l T o m h a s b e e n a p ­
p o in te d to lead O re g o n H e alth &
S c ie n c e s U n iv e rsity to in c re a se d
d iv e rsity and ju s tic e in h ealth care.
O H S U ’s A ffirm a tiv e A c tio n
an d E q u al O p p o rtu n ity d e p a r t­
m en t p la y s an im p o rta n t ro le as a
re s o u rc e fo r p a tie n ts, staff, fa c ­
u lty , stu d e n ts a n d e m p lo y m e n t
a p p lic a n ts to s u p p o rt d iv e rs ity
and p ro h ib it d iscrim in a tio n acro ss
the u n iv e rs ity ’s m issio n s o f p a ­
tie n t ca re , e d u c a tio n , re sea rc h and
o u tre a c h .
T o m said he w as “ h o n o re d to
re c e iv e th is o p p o rtu n ity to de- Michael Tom
v elo p an d lead in itia tiv e s to c o n ­
tinuously im prove O H S U 's diverse
w o rk e n v iro n m e n t.”
E m p lo y ed at O H S U since 2004,
T o m se rv e d as in te rim d ire c to r o f
the d e p a rtm e n t u n til his a p p o in t­
m en t as p e rm a n e n t-d ire c to r.
He cu rren tly serves on the C o m ­
m u n ity T ra n sitio n a l S chool B oard
an d the O re g o n N a tiv e A m e ric an
C h a m b e r A d v iso ry B o ard . H e c o ­
fo u n d e d a N ig h t fo r N e tw o rk in g ,
an a n n u al e v en t th a t c o n n e c ts in ­
d iv id u a ls w ith d is a b ilitie s w ith
b u s in e s s e s an d e m p lo y m e n t o p ­
p o rtu n itie s .
Planned Parenthood Expands Eligibility
More adults will
qualify for free services
T h e O re g o n C o n tra c e p tiv e C are p ro g ra m fu n d ed
by M ed icaid has ex p an d ed e lig ib ility to allo w 20 ,0 0 0
m o re a d u lts and te en s to re c e iv e fa m ily p la n n in g
-se rv ic es a n n u a lly .
C -C are pro v id es free b irth c o n tro l, a n n u al ex am s,
b re a st a n d c e rv ic a l c a n c e r sc re e n in g s an d o th e r
re p ro d u c tiv e h e a lth se rv ic e s th a t are e ss e n tia l fo r
th e h e a lth o f w o m en an d fa m ilie s th ro u g h o u t O r­
egon.
E lig ib ility fo r th e p ro g ra m n ow c o v e rs fa m ilie s
w ho e arn up to 2 5 0 p e rc e n t o f th e fe d e ral p o v e rty
le v el, a sig n ific a n t in c re ase fro m the p re v io u s rate
o f 185 p e rc en t.
T o q u a lify fo r th e p ro g ra m , a fa m ily o f fo u r m u st
re p o rt a m o n th ly h o u se h o ld in c o m e u p to $ 4 ,8 0 3 ;
th e p re v io u s m o n th ly in c o m e c ap w as $ 3 ,5 5 4 .
"B y ex p an d in g e lig ib ility re q u ire m e n ts fo r the C -
C are p ro g ram , th o u sa n d s o f m o re O re g o n ia n s w ill
be a b le to re c e iv e life -s a v in g b re a st an d c e rv ic a l
c a n c e r s c re e n in g s, e x p e rt h e a lth c a re an d b irth
c o n tro l se rv ic e s at no c o st," said D a v id G re e n b e rg ,
C E O o f P la n n e d P a re n th o o d C o lu m b ia W illa m e tte .
W h ile u n in te n d e d p re g n a n c y ra te s h a v e d ro p p e d
in th e U n ite d S ta te s b e tw e e n 1994 an d 2 0 0 1 , th ey
a ctu a lly ro se n e a rly 25 p e rc e n t fo r w o m e n liv in g at
o r b e lo w 200 p e rc en t o f the fe d e ral p o v e rty le v e l. C -
C are s ig n ific a n tly re d u c e s u n in te n d e d p re g n a n ­
cies an d sav es m illio n s o f d o lla rs by c o v e rin g
p re v e n ta tiv e h e a lth c are se rv ic e s.
B etw een 1999 and 2008, m ore than 845,000 people
u sed th e C -C a re p ro g ram . A c c o rd in g to O reg o n
M a n a g e m e n t R ep o rts, th e p ro g ra m h as sav ed the
S ta te o f O re g o n an e stim a te d $ 3 3 0 m illio n in M e d ­
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