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Funding instability plagues program that brings docs to underserved areas

A federal program training primary care doctors in outpatient clinics rather than hospitals is scheduled to run out of funds in December

Jun 18, 2024

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Oregon trend fuels Wyden effort to curb spread of ‘maternity deserts’

Following two controversial moves by Oregon hospitals to close birth centers, new federal legislation would improve hospital reimbursements in Medicaid funds

Jun 17, 2024
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Bird flu tests are hard to get. So how will we know when to sound the pandemic alarm?

Experts and researchers say the government is repeating past mistakes, and if the government doesn’t prepare to ramp up H5N1 bird flu testing, the United States could be caught off guard again by a new pandemic

Jun 16, 2024

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Addiction recovery programs will get $13 million in opioid settlement funds

Rural Oregon groups to get opioid settlement funding to set up recovery centers to help people in addiction

Jun 16, 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

Updated: Providence, nurses union trade barbs as strike launches at six hospitals

As largest-ever Oregon hospital strike begins, the hospital system says the union endangers patients by trying to cut off access to supplies and temporary workers; union calls complaint ironic

Jun 14, 2024
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Multnomah County worked to vaccinate people of color and people experiencing homelessness. | MOTOYA NAKAMURA/MULTNOMAH COUNTY

Oregon interpreter rules hurt health care access, group says

The group of medical directors representing organizations that oversee care to 1.3 million Oregonians say state rules are hurting access to crucial medical interpreter services and fueling health care inequities

Jun 13, 2024
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects attempt to limit access to abortion pill

Despite the ruling, a conservative legal group says there's a path to banning mifepristone. Reproductive rights advocates expressed a mix of anger and relief at the ruling

Jun 13, 2024

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

At issue in Providence nurses strike: Oregon’s hospital staffing law

Nurses are preparing to strike for better wages and benefits. But the most intense disagreement is over what the nurse’s employment contract will — or will not — say regarding hospital staffing plans

Jun 13, 2024

Vapes, or e-cigarettes, typically contain nicotine but not tobacco. | PHOTO COPYRIGHT PORTLAND TRIBUNE; FILE PHOTO USED WITH PERMISSION

Many young adults who began vaping as teens can’t shake the habit

Researchers worry that high schoolers and younger kids experimenting with e-cigarettes with fruit or candy-like flavors could lead to “Generation Vape”

Jun 13, 2024