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Federal officials say no sign bird flu is spreading among humans, despite Missouri case

Federal officials say the risk to the general public from bird flu remains low

Sep 17, 2024

Clinic staff listen as Gov. Kate Brown held a joint press conference with Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, reaffirming Oregon’s commitment to abortion access, Aug. 25, 2022, at the Hillman East Portland Health Center. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF / OPB

Oregon’s Planned Parenthood affiliates move forward with creating a new political organization

They plan to create a new, more integrated advocacy arm and promise the move will not only help them bolster their political efforts but also ensure sustainability for their health care clinics

Sep 17, 2024

Dr. Matthias Merkel, OHSU senior associate chief medical officer for capacity management and patient flow, and Stephanie Gilliam, director of OHSU Mission Control, give a tour of the newly remodeled nerve center for a program that tracks and coordinates hospital resources on Sept. 17, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

‘Mission control’ center seeks to get Oregonians hospital care quicker

Supported by state and federal grants, Oregon Health & Science University is leading a statewide hospital data-sharing collaboration intended to improve care

Sep 17, 2024
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Tenth lawsuit claims Oregon lab’s testing caused women harm from unneeded chemotherapy

The 10 women who’ve sued Salem-based Pacific Pathology say inaccurate tests led to false diagnoses, grueling treatment and permanent injuries — and the firm is contesting their claims in court

Sep 17, 2024

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How do abortion pills work? Answers to frequently asked questions

Some basic answers about abortion pills based on information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and from groups that closely track the latest medical advice and scientific evidence

Sep 17, 2024

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Decades of national suicide prevention policies haven’t slowed the deaths

Despite years of national strategies to address the suicide crisis in the U.S., rates continue to rise. A chorus of researchers and experts say the interventions will work — but that they’re simply not being adopted by state and local governments

Sep 17, 2024

The front desk of ARCHES Inn in Salem, a hotel turned shelter that is operated by Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action. The facility offers wildfire survivors, as well as chronically homeless and medically fragile people a short-term stay. Settings like this could be part of addressing delays in hospital discharges in Oregon. | COURTESY/MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION

Solutions floated for Oregon’s hospital boarding problem

Using hospitals to hold people who don’t need to be in a hospital is having ripple effects across the state’s health care system

Sep 12, 2024
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More than a dozen cities will ask their voters if they want to ban psilocybin

Despite national interest in Oregon's first-in-the-nation law legalizing the supervised use of psilocybin, sixteen local jurisdictions spread across the state are contemplating either permanent or temporary bans on the use of the naturally occurring psychedelic

Sep 12, 2024

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Study finds prevalence of firearms is driving soaring gun deaths in U.S. – not mental illness

OHSU researchers compared the U.S. to 40 countries and found that Americans are 20 times more likely to die by firearms, even with a similar rate of mental health illness

Sep 12, 2024

As respiratory illnesses cause increasing strain on hospitals in Oregon and Washington, PeaceHealth officials are telling people not to come to the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver if at all possible. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

At Catholic hospitals, a mission of charity runs up against high care costs for patients

Many Catholic health systems, which are tax-exempt, pay their executives millions and can charge some of the highest prices around — while critics say they scrimp on commitments to their communities.

Sep 12, 2024

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