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Lisbon, Portugal. | LAURA/PIXABAY

Oregon looks to struggling Portugal for answers on drug addiction

Two decades after decriminalizing drugs, Portugal faces some of the same problems that hound Oregon, though on a smaller scale

Sep 19, 2023

Members of the Association of University Registered Nurses rallied on Portland's South Waterfront Sept. 18, 2023, announcing they had approved a strike as negotiations with Oregon Health & Science University remain at a stalemate. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU nurses vote to authorize strike

No strike is imminent, but the vote increases pressure on hospital management as contract bargaining drags on

Sep 18, 2023
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Some states back hospital mergers despite record of service cuts, price hikes

In much of the country, a single hospital system now accounts for most hospital admissions

Sep 17, 2023

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | JESSICA FLOUM/THE LUND REPORT

Feds find unsafe conditions at Oregon State Hospital — again

It’s the second time in two years that the federal government has found safety problems at the psychiatric facility following a patient’s escape

Sep 16, 2023

SEIU Local 49 President Meg Niemi speaks during an event Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 in Southeast Portland with over 100 union members and supporters. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Potential strike looms at Kaiser Permanente as employees approve work stoppage

The strike authorization vote is intended to increase pressure on the health care consortium as workers seek better pay and staffing

Sep 14, 2023
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Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, speaks at a bill signing event in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 15, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon hospital leader Becky Hultberg talks unions, finances and emerging from COVID

As hospitals across the state face unprecedented challenges, the industry group CEO sits down to discuss an uncertain future

Sep 14, 2023
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Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

Heat was the underlying or contributing cause of about 1,670 deaths last year, and an increase in drug use and homelessness is a significant part of the problem

Sep 14, 2023

An AMR ambulance at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland, Ore., on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

You might need an ambulance, but your state might not see it as ‘essential’

Oregon is among 13 states that have passed laws designating or allowing local governments to deem EMS as an essential service. Washington is not.

Sep 14, 2023

U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, speaks on the House floor on March 10, 2023. | C-SPAN SCREENSHOT

Salinas urges House to eliminate anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion parts of defense budget bill

The Oregon Democratic congresswoman says “partisan extremists” endanger funding in the bill needed to fight the opioid crisis

Sep 14, 2023

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Oregon health officials recommend getting new COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it’s available

It’s not yet clear exactly when the new COVID-19 vaccine will be available in Oregon. But people can begin scheduling appointments now.

Sep 14, 2023

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