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New rules protect pregnant workers, but red states sue over abortion provisions

New federal worker protection rules that include abortion care among the conditions covered are set to go into effect June 18

May 27, 2024

Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon State Hospital suspends in-person visits after patient dies of suspected fentanyl overdose

The psychiatric program's interim director emailed staff citing a ‘significant incident’ involving contraband, but did not mention the patient's death

May 27, 2024

Emma Sandoe will head the state program providing free health care to 1 in 3 Oregonians. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Updated: Emma Sandoe named as next director of Oregon's Medicaid program

Sandoe hails from North Carolina's program where Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi also had worked for a time. Sandoe will bring a national reputation while heading the $28-billion Oregon Health Plan providing free health care to 1.4 million low-income people.

May 23, 2024
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Dr. Alison Edelman is an OBGYN at Oregon Health & Science University who specializes in family planning, including contraception and abortion. | COURTESY OF DR. ALISON EDELMAN

Post-Dobbs, Oregon doc says it’s time to ‘stand up’ and talk about abortion care

Portland OBGYN says she and her team are proud to offer ‘non-judgmental’ care to patients, including those who come to Oregon seeking a legal abortion

May 23, 2024
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Ozempic insulin injection pen. | NATALIA VARLEI/SHUTTERSTOCK

High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment

Supply shortages and insurance hurdles for a powerful class of drugs have left many people who are suffering from diabetes without the medicine they need to stay healthy

May 23, 2024

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More Oregon students are missing vaccines, worrying health officials

Oregon had the second highest nonmedical exemption rate in the country in the last school year — after only Idaho — and the rate of kindergartners with a nonmedical exemption has been going up

May 23, 2024

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, center, speaks about the multibillion-dollar advertising campaigns on behalf of Medicare Advantage plans during an event Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, sponsored by the Urban League of Portland at the Hattie Redmond Apartments in North Portland. | PETER WONG/©PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP USED HERE WITH PERMISSION

Wyden wants to know how Pfizer cut its U.S. tax bill despite booming sales

Pifzer is the latest company to come under scrutiny by the Senate Finance Committee and Oregon’s senior U.S. senator as they look into pharmaceutical company tax practices

May 23, 2024
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Independent Santiam hospital seeks to join Samaritan Health Services

Nonprofit Stayton hospital would merge into Corvallis chain

May 23, 2024
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An AMR ambulance at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland, Ore., on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Multnomah County retracts claim that overdoses led to lower cardiac arrest survival rates in 2023

County officials attributed a drop in the survival rate of cardiac arrest patients to drug overdoses. The explanation made sense considering Oregon's rising number of overdoses, but it was wrong.

May 23, 2024