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Social media is fueling enthusiasm for new weight loss drugs. Are regulators watching?

A wave of advertising launched for new weight loss drugs has provoked the concern of regulators and doctors worldwide

Apr 20, 2023

Ana Maria Rodriguez uses a test strip to test water from Mike Pearson’s Boardman well outside the state Capitol in Salem on April 17, 2023. | JULIA SHUMWAY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Northeast Oregonians ask governor to declare emergency over contaminated drinking water

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and two of three state elected officials from Morrow and Umatilla counties denied an audience with residents

Apr 20, 2023

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After pandemic delays, FDA still struggling to inspect foreign drug manufacturers

A series of recent deaths linked to tainted eyedrops produced abroad points to serious problems with the Food and Drug Administration's overseas inspection program

Apr 20, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. | MARK THOMAS/PIXABAY

U.S. Supreme Court holds off on abortion pill ruling until midnight Friday

The short-term stay of lower court rulings ensures that access to mifepristone until midnight Friday

Apr 20, 2023

The U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. | SHUTTERSTOCK

As teens overdose on fentanyl, Merkley asks US Education Department to ramp-up prevention

Most of Oregon’s Congressional delegation signed onto the senator’s letter urging federal assistance to schools for substance use education and overdose prevention

Apr 20, 2023

Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health and Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood, July 2020. | SHUTTERSTOCK

OHSU financial upswing continues as other hospitals falter

As the institution reports a 2.4% profit margin, nurses want OHSU to up its wage offer in contract talks

Apr 20, 2023
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Oregon lawmakers, advocates want abortion, gender-affirming care protected in constitution

Backers of the amendment, expected to go to voters in 2024, say Oregonians want additional safeguards for fundamental rights

Apr 19, 2023

Planned Parenthood facilities, like this one in Southeast Portland, provide the majority of abortions in Oregon. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE