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Federal rules don’t require period product ingredients on packaging labels. States are stepping in.

Most makers disclose little about the chemicals menstrual products contain. New York and California passed laws requiring more disclosure amid calls for more research into the products’ health effects.

May 4, 2023

Oregon state senators prepare for a floor session on March 21. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Republican senators walk from Oregon Capitol as vote on contentious abortion bill nears

GOP senators have been threatening in recent weeks to deny Democrats a quorum. Their effort could test new voter-approved rules.

May 4, 2023

Rep. Emily McIntire, R-Eagle Point, works on the House floor at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. | AMANDA LOMAN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Republicans, Oregon Right to Life sue over abortion bill’s readability

They allege that top legislative leaders broke state law because the written summary of the major bill on abortion and gender-affirming care isn’t easy to understand

May 4, 2023

The Capitol Building in Salem, Ore., on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon House OKs use of Medicaid records to expand automatic voter registration

Split along party lines, the House sent to the Senate a bill based on the use of Oregon Health Plan records, which contain information about citizenship status

May 4, 2023
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth, other hospitals’ cuts diminish communities’ access to care

PeaceHealth, facing chronic financial losses, is following a national trend of trimming jobs and services

May 4, 2023
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What you need to know about stillbirths

Dozens of parents and medical experts weighed-in on what causes stillbirths, whether there are warning signs to look for during pregnancy, and what your options are if you experience a stillbirth

May 4, 2023

A woman in a white doctor's coat stands in front of a medical computer terminal.

Carolina Reyes, a maternal-fetal physician and wife of Health and Human Services SecretaryXavier Becerra, says the rise in maternal mortality is unacceptable when most of the deaths are preventable. | RICH PEDRONCELLI FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

The nation’s health secretary has this doctor on call

Carolina Reyes, a Harvard-trained physician who specializes in high-risk pregnancies and who is married to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, is championing efforts to improve Medicaid coverage to mothers after giving birth

May 4, 2023

The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Lawmakers again try softening Oregon’s health care cost controls

Unions and hospitals agree labor costs should not count toward the state spending growth cap, but critics are concerned about the new bill

May 2, 2023
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New OHSU tool would track behavioral health beds

The system will share data on patients and bed availability, making it easier to find needed placements

May 2, 2023
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After Idaho’s strict abortion ban, OB-GYNs stage a quick exodus

Clinicians are leaving, saying common pregnancy complications that can escalate rapidly are forcing them to choose between patient safety and risking criminal charges

May 2, 2023

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