Officials expect difficulty in reaching members of the Medicaid-funded program after a three-year pause in eligibility checks.
Feb 16, 2023
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Miranda Campos, 9, closes her eyes as she receives an immunization at a catch-up vaccination clinic held at McDaniel High School in Northeast Portland on Feb. 8, 2023.
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As a Feb. 15 deadline nears, Oregon’s overall school-age vaccination rate lags behind the national average.
Feb 14, 2023
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Therapists at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, were able to adapt lessons to telehealth services during the pandemic, helping the children and caregivers alike continue receiving services. Tobi Maracle, the mother of three children in an Anishinaabe-Mohawk family, says the use of telehealth services has given her family more time to be together.
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Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth, according to 2020 CDC data, the most recent available.
Dec 27, 2022
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An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace.
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Researchers are concerned about the lack of diverse representation in the clinical studies.
Dec 1, 2022
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GLORIA SANCHEZ KEETH, CLINIC MANAGER WITH MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL, AND DENTIST THIEN-Y HOANG WORK ON A PATIENT INSIDE THE MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC AT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SALEM ON OCT. 22, 2022./BRIAN HAYES/STATESMAN JOURNAL