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State Rep. Ben Bowman, at left, on the House floor in the Oregon Capitol. | COURTESY REP. BEN BOWMAN'S OFFICE.

Bill seeks to curb corporate control of health care in Oregon

Rep. Ben Bowman said Oregon’s laws haven’t kept up with an accelerating trend in health care that many worry puts profits over patients

Oct 31, 2023
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

State Hospital measures cause ripple effects, expert finds

Oregon’s psychiatric hospital is quickly admitting ‘aid and assist’ patients while the state works to ease ‘strain’ around patients’ transitions to community programs

Oct 26, 2023
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Rock formations at Bandon Beach in Southern Oregon. | LISA MCKELLY/PIXABAY

Bandon health center sued for $1.5 million

Lawsuit alleging ‘coup’ follows resignation of three top executives

Oct 26, 2023
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A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing Bobby Smallwood, a security officer for Legacy Health, sit outside the Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he was killed during a confrontation on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon lawmakers seek stiffer charges for assaults on hospital workers

Many states consider assaults on medical workers a felony, but efforts to follow suit in Salem have foundered on civil rights concerns

Oct 26, 2023
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Washington faces steep path closing mental health bed gap for jailed defendants

The state has made headway reducing the bed shortfall but it’s expected to persist at least through 2026, even with hundreds of millions of dollars in planned spending

Oct 26, 2023

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The country’s leading COVID-19 variant is still rare in Oregon

Omicron EG.5 has become the U.S.’s most dominant variant, making up nearly a quarter of national cases

Oct 26, 2023

The emergency department at Legacy Good Samaritan hospital in Portland on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon hospitals’ financial performance improved in the second quarter of 2023

Finances are better overall, but some facilities still lose money, hospital group says

Oct 26, 2023

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Why is finding COVID shots for young children still so hard?

The CDC recommended the next round of COVID shots for everyone 6 months and older in September. More than a month later, the pediatric versions of the new covid shots are still difficult to find.

Oct 26, 2023

Emily Bendt cradles her 2-week-old infant, Willow, at her home near Portland, Ore., in early October 2023. Bendt, a pediatric nurse, closely followed the recent approval of the RSV monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab but has been unable to find it for her daughter. | AMELIA TEMPLETON/OPB

A new RSV shot could help protect babies this winter — if they can get it in time

The factors slowing down Nirsevimab dissemination include supply, high cost and bureaucratic obstacles in Medicaid’s vaccine distribution system for children

Oct 26, 2023

During a rally at PeaceHealth's University District hospital in Eugene on Sept. 11, 2023, Oregon Nurses Association executive director Anne Tan Piazza addresses the crowd. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

PeaceHealth to issue layoff notices with its Eugene hospital emergency department closing Dec. 1

Unions, Kotek claim some victories with an urgent care clinic, behavioral health unit slated to remain at University District hospital site, but the system rebuffed Kotek's request to delay its ER closure, citing financial losses

Oct 24, 2023
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