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¿Cómo se dice? California loops in AI to translate health care information

State officials want to use emerging artificial intelligence technology to translate a broad swath of documents and websites related to health and social services, but critics say the plan risk errors and harm

Jun 19, 2024

Patients who contract measles, a highly contagious disease, develop a skin rash. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Adult, child in Clackamas County have measles but there could be other cases

Oregon Health Authority officials said the two, who are in the same household, could have become infected in Marion County between May 19 and June 4

Jun 19, 2024

A picture of Rogue Regional Medical Center in 2007. At the time it was known as Rogue Valley Medical Center. | BY NICKNELSON/ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

Potential victims of Asante drug diversion could be higher than indictment count

Medford police arrested a former Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center nurse last week for allegedly causing serious infections in 44 of her patients. The number of possible victims in the case may be higher.

Jun 18, 2024

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Health care groups enter Oregon gun control case

Professional associations representing doctors, nurses and others are backing an appeal in support of Measure 114, arguing research shows it would improve public safety

Jun 18, 2024

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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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