Acute and Communicable Disease

Visit our updated website for more information and resources on Oregon's current monkeypox (hMPXV) outbreak.

Recently Proposed Rules

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) associated deaths in children are now reportable (OAR 333-018-0015)
Report an RSV-associated death in a child

COVID-19 Reporting Rules Adopted

View rules pertaining to COVID-19, including reporting positive and negative laboratory test results, work restrictions, school exclusions and other reporting requirements.

COVID-19 Disease Reporting Rules OHA COVID-19 Website Healthcare Partner Resources

Working to Keep Oregonians Healthy

Disease prevention and control is a cooperative effort involving health care providers, local and state health department personnel and members of the community. Oregon Public Health Division programs work to prevent the emergence and spread of communicable diseases. This includes collecting and analyzing disease reports, studying risk factors, protecting exposed individuals and families, developing guidelines for disease prevention and control, and planning and responding to public health emergencies involving communicable diseases. Protecting the population from communicable diseases is one of seven priority areas from Oregon's State Health Improvement Plan.

Featured News

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

It is a perfect opportunity to raise awareness about cervical cancer and HPV vaccination. Cervical cancer is highly preventable and curable if caught early. Nearly all cervical cancers could be prevented by regular cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination.

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Learn more about cervical cancer vaccination and screening here :

Cervical cancer: Vaccination, Screening and COVID-19 (CD Summary 7202)

Diseases A-Z

CDC HPV Educational Materials

HPV Resources (OHA)

Hepatitis C Testing

Oregon has the fourth highest prevalence of hepatitis C in the U.S. and the second highest rate of hepatitis C-related mortality.

CDC now recommends one-time hepatitis C testing of all adults and all pregnant people during every pregnancy. Find out more about prevention, testing, and treatment of hepatitis C on CDC's new "Know More About Hepatitis" resource page for providers.

OR Epi 2022 CANCELLED

OR Epi 2022 is cancelled. We will explore opportunities and resources where we may be able to come together in 2023 to share our knowledge, lessons learned and experiences during the past years.

You can find out about past conferences here:

OR Epi Conference

Health Equity

Learn what the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention section is doing to promote health equity.

ACDP and Health Equity