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An ambulance pulls into the entrance driveway for Oregon Health & Science University's emergency department on Wed., Oct. 27, 2021. | OHSU/CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS

Two children died from the flu in Oregon over Christmas week

With 10 to 12 weeks left in influenza season, state officials say only 26% of those eligible have received the shot — which is very effective this year against the most dangerous strain.
Jan 3
This 2016 illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which causes whooping cough, based on electron microscope imagery. | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Oregon's Pertussis case numbers highest in more than 50 years

Officials stress kids' need for vaccines as about 315 cases were reported in Lane County, followed by Multnomah with 235 cases, Clackamas with 135 and Washington with 119.
Jan 3
Rachel Solotaroff at Portland's Old Town Clinic. | COURTESY CENTRAL CITY CONCERN

How Oregon health officials are preparing for change under Trump

Oregonians’ health care could face more change than most states under the new federal administration, and Dr. Sejal Hathi, director of the state health authority, said officials are preparing to respond quickly as things happen
Jan 3
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Dr. Lisa Reynolds, a pediatrician and Democratic lawmaker, speaks at the CCO Oregon conference in Salem in Sept. 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Kids' health in mind, Lisa Reynolds gains clout in new Senate role

Already a strong voice in health policy, the Legislature’s only physician says prevention and better childhood development will improve behavioral health.
Jan 2
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Bill Hall, who lives alone in Seattle, contracted HIV in 1986. Since then, he has battled depression, heart disease, diabetes, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, kidney cancer, and prostate cancer. This past year, he’s been hospitalized five times with potentially life-threatening medical crises. | ERNESTINE GRIMM/KFF HEALTH NEWS

LGBTQ+ people relive old traumas as they age on their own

The generation that faced discrimination, ostracism, and the AIDS epidemic now faces old age. Many struggle with isolation along with a host of pressing health problems.
Jan 2
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A researcher draws blood from a farmworker to analyze it for signs of a previous, undetectedbird flu infection. | COURTESY/THANG NGUYEN OF UTMB

How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

Problems like the sluggish pace of federal action, deference to industry, and neglect for the safety of low-wage workers put the country at risk of another health emergency.
Jan 2
Protesters gather at the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, after a report that the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion. | SHUTTERSTOCK

The CDC hasn’t asked states to track deaths linked to abortion bans

Despite an executive order issued by President Joe Biden, the CDC has issued no guidance to address the recent rollback of reproductive rights or to direct committees to consider how abortion bans factor into deaths
Dec 31, 2024

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