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Diane Lund-Muzikant at her home in February 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Our founder's message: Why I’m stepping back from the board of The Lund Report, and what’s next

Diane Lund-Muzikant, founder of The Lund Report, shares what drove her storied career in health care journalism: an overriding focus on transparency as an antidote to inequities and industry wrongdoing

Aug 13, 2024

Asante Ashland Community Hospital in Ashland, Ore. | ERIK NEUMANN/JPR

Asante Ashland Community Hospital staff raise concerns about service reductions, staffing shortages

Ashland's only hospital has been cutting services in recent years, leading some employees to question its commitment to remaining open

Aug 13, 2024

Ozempic insulin injection pen. | NATALIA VARLEI/SHUTTERSTOCK

How little Denmark got homegrown giant Novo Nordisk to lower Ozempic prices

Countries around the world are struggling with how and when to pay for drugs prescribed for weight loss, with the sky-high prices paid in the U.S. used for leverage

Aug 13, 2024

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Medford nurse accused of fentanyl swap battles in civil, criminal courts

Former Asante Health nurse Dani Marie Schofield is mounting a vigorous defense after being indicted for allegedly giving 44 patients tap water instead of painkiller

Aug 13, 2024
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Dollar Tree in Greenwood, Indiana. | COURTESY/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Dollar Tree required to reform testing process after WA finds toxic children’s products

The company will also pay $190,000 to Washington state after regulators found bracelets and pencil pouches sold at Dollar Tree stores contained more than four times the federal limit of lead and four times the state limit for cadmium

Aug 8, 2024

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Klamath County behavioral health clinic faces insurance barriers to providing sobering services

This week staff at a Klamath Falls community mental health program asked county commissioners to help them find insurance

Aug 8, 2024

A wooden sign reading Deer Ridge Correctional Institution sits in front of a chainlink fence with barren hills in the background.

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State prison docs waited three years before fixing broken wrist, suit says

Federal lawsuit accuses the Oregon Department of Corrections of a consistent practice of denying or delaying care to people in custody, saying that “slow-playing” care causes “unnecessary pain and suffering” in violation of the U.S. Constitution

Aug 8, 2024
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Most research suggests that some features of social media can be harmful. But some researchers and others say social media can reduce isolation for children of color and LGBTQ+ young people. | OONA TEMPEST/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help

Congress and state legislatures are considering age bans and other limits for Instagram and TikTok out of concern that they harm kids’ mental health. But some researchers and pediatricians question whether there’s enough data to support that conclusion

Aug 8, 2024

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Pharmacy middlemen face new allegations of skimming

A pair of government investigations released this year accused giant health conglomerates that own the drug supply middlemen companies of hiding and pocketing millions that were supposed to go to insurers

Aug 8, 2024