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Climate resiliency program installs air conditioners in Portland dwellings

The “Cooling Portland” organization hopes to distribute 15,000 air conditioning units by 2026

Jul 13, 2023

In this video screenshot, Tony Klein was deposed in November 2019 as part of civil litigation involving 10 women incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, who accused him of sexual abuse. | VIDEO SCREENSHOT/PLAINTIFF DEPOSITION/MICHELLE BURROWS/OPB

Federal trial of former Oregon prison nurse begins

Sides give starkly different opening statements in trial of Tony Klein, the women’s prison nurse accused of sexual abuse

Jul 12, 2023

Drug-resistant, Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis. | CDC/UNSPLASH

Overuse of antibiotics leading to dangerous ‘superbugs’ examined by U.S. Senate panel

Congress is considering the Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act, which would change how the U.S. approaches antibiotics

Jul 12, 2023

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As more states legalize pot, their uneven safety rules can pose a risk

Inconsistent state cannabis regulations could have potentially dire implications for consumer health, according to one study

Jul 12, 2023

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State extends discussion of cost impacts of Basic Health Program

Records show state officials honed “talking points” while negotiating “firestorm” of media attention

Jul 11, 2023
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As hospitals ask for second look at civil commitment lawsuit, opponents say it’s nothing new

Disability Rights Oregon says hospitals are making the same argument, just without “disparaging” patients

Jul 11, 2023
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Oregon saw surge in patients contracting infections in health care facilities

Infections contracted from catheters, ventilators and central lines grew in Oregon during the pandemic

Jul 11, 2023
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Maternal mortality rates rise in WA, especially for Indigenous communities

A new, nationwide study found a 71.2% increase in Washington state’s maternal mortality for the American Indian and Alaska Native population

Jul 11, 2023

The Naches River is the main source of drinking water for the City of Yakima. | FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS/CMH2315FL

NW drinking water concerns could get worse as climate changes

Climate change will cause more storm runoff, change when snowpack melts and lead to more severe wildfires and harmful algal blooms, experts say

Jul 11, 2023

While doing hemodialysis at home last year, Nieltje Gedney survived a rare and very dangerous complication: a venous needle dislodgment, or VND. Alarm systems that can automatically stop a VND have existed for years, but they are not functional on any of the hemodialysis machines used in the United States. | ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS

‘It was a bloodbath’: Rare dialysis complication can kill, and more could be done to stop it

Jul 10, 2023

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