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Food and Drug Administration approves COVID boosters for upcoming season

The updated COVID-19 booster shots for children and adults will available soon pending a CDC vote Tuesday

Sep 11, 2023

A Fred Meyer store in Tigard, Oregon. Kroger owns the Fred Meyer brand. | TADA IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK

Kroger-Albertsons merger could harm Oregon pharmacy access

With rural access to health care and pharmacies a hot topic, a national deal is getting closer scrutiny from the state’s relatively new health care merger review program

Sep 7, 2023
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OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital has a level 1 pediatric trauma center. | OHSU/CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS

Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the US market

Thousands of kids a year are exposed to liquid nicotine in e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, and for a toddler, even a few drops can be fatal

Sep 7, 2023

Wildfire smoke covers the Ochocos Mountains in Central Oregon on Aug. 18, 2020. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Timeline for Oregon Health Plan coverage of housing, food, climate benefits unveiled

Oregon will be the first state to use Medicaid dollars to ease the impacts of climate change on its residents

Sep 7, 2023
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I set out to create a simple map for how to appeal your insurance denial. Instead, I found a mind-boggling labyrinth.

I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals. Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do.

Sep 7, 2023

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Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulations

President Joe Biden's directive for new rules to prevent heat injury and illness could take more than a decade to fulfill — if they don't stall before then

Sep 6, 2023

pictures of young people displayed in a park-like setting.

Photos of young overdose victims on display at an overdose awareness event in Rockville, Md., in August. Accidental overdose has become a primary cause of deaths for people under 40. | TIM HENDERSON/STATELINE

Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl.

A Stateline analysis shows American's under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths.

Sep 6, 2023

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Oregon Right to Life sues state over birth control, abortion insurance mandate

The group doesn’t meet the definition of a religious employer but argues it should get the same exemption that allows religious employers to offer plans that don’t include abortion or contraceptive coverage

Sep 6, 2023