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Portland mental health advocates seek to join hospital lawsuit, raise pressure on state

The Mental Health Association of Portland wants a formal role in a case concerning a group of patients effectively shut out of the state psychiatric hospital and left with inadequate options

Dec 9, 2024
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Big drug middlemen sue to stop federal antitrust action

The three PBMs — CVS Caremark, OptumRx and Express Scripts — are part of even larger health conglomerates that are active in many parts of the health care sector.

Dec 5, 2024

A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus in September 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Health care community divided on OHSU-Legacy merger as opposition grows

As comments pour in to the state's merger review team, current and former employees and providers, as well as patients, are making their views known — providing a cross-section of opinion, though so far opposition appears to outstrip support

Dec 5, 2024
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Psilocybin in Oregon may help address fears of death, but people can’t always access it

Advocates for people at the end of their lives say Oregon needs to fix an oversight in its groundbreaking law

Dec 5, 2024

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With Trump on the way, advocates look to states to pick up medical debt fight

Patient and consumer advocates fear a new Trump administration will scale back federal efforts to expand financial protections for patients and shield them from debt.

Dec 5, 2024

Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center in June 2023 as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon nurses union says largest health care worker strike in state history is on the table

Nearly 5,000 Providence nurses and other health care workers could strike as the union raises the stakes in negotiations with the hospital system

Dec 5, 2024
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Nursing homes fell behind on vaccinating patients for COVID

Last winter, only 4 in 10 nursing home residents got an updated COVID vaccine. The low uptake leaves a fragile population vulnerable. Some industry watchdogs say it could be a sign of eroding trust between nursing home residents and providers.

Dec 4, 2024

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Q&A: Star researcher Brian Druker says OHSU has lost its way

Dr. Druker, who pioneered the development of the life-saving leukemia drug Gleevec, says he's concerned that rapid growth and financial pressures have sapped Oregon Health & Science University's ability to pioneer cutting-edge, life-saving therapies.

Dec 3, 2024

Bottles of formaldehyde in a laboratory. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Formaldehyde causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant. Little is being done to curb the risk.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform are all but guaranteed to hit a dead end under Trump.

Dec 3, 2024