The challenge to the overturned federal mask mandate for public transportation could determine the limits of federal health officials’ power.
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As COVID hospitalization rates stabilize and relief funding dries up, travel nurse contracts that were plentiful and lucrative are vanishing.
The suit is part of a nationwide litigation wave claiming cow’s milk-based formula caused intestinal damage to premature, underweight babies.
The state-run mental hospital must improve patient safety at its satellite campus or it will lose eligibility for Medicare funding, inspectors warn.
The potential walkout at the Portland hospital would be the first nurses’ strike for Providence Health & Services, the largest provider in Oregon.
The hospital system says it’s too difficult and costly to provide meal breaks on the schedule required by state rules.
In separate lawsuits, two employees allege the psychiatric hospital in Portland was a hostile work environment for gay people.
The World Health Organization's estimate is more than double the current official death toll of over 6 million.
Access to abortion pills will grow in importance if the Supreme Court follows through with its leaked draft opinion.
Democrats, independent Betsy Johnson and Republican Jessica Gomez oppose the Supreme Court’s expected decision.