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CVS’ AT-HOME TESTS THAT SCREEN FOR HIV AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS CAN BE BOUGHT IN STORES AND ONLINE. THE KIT IS PRICED AT $99.99./ERIC HARKLEROAD/ KHN

As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush To Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?

The Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved STD test kits for use outside a medical setting, but their at-home use is growing dramatically.

Nov 22, 2022

JACQUELINE LEWIS LOST SON SHAUN LEWIS TO AN OVERDOSE IN OCTOBER 2022. SHE’S NOW RAISING HER 7-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, WHILE CARING FOR HER 95-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WHO HAS DEMENTIA, ON NOTHING MORE THAN SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS./MADDIE MCGARVEY/KHN

Schools, Sheriffs, And Syringes: State Plans Vary For Spending $26B In Opioid Settlement Funds

Funds from a national settement are creating an unprecedented opportunity to make progress against an epidemic that has ravaged America for three decades, experts say — but also strife.

Nov 22, 2022

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OHSU Shifts To Emergency Mode Amid Rise In Serious Pediatric Cases

OHSU says it has no more pediatric ICU beds available and is formally shifting to what’s known as crisis standards of care mode.

Nov 22, 2022

Rep. Rob Nosse, shown at a meeting of the Interim House Committee on Behavioral Health in June, has been tapped to head the Committee on Health Care — which could take on an expanded role next year if the two committees are merged. | SCREENGRAB VIA ZOOM/THE LUND REPORT

Logistics, Speaker Likely To Eliminate House Behavioral Health Care Committee

Oregon state Rep. Rob Nosse had opposed the move, but behavioral health care bills will likely be heard by the House Health Care Committee instead.

Nov 22, 2022
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Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay. | COURTESY OF BAY AREA HOSPITAL

Recall Effort Against Coos Bay Hospital Board Members Fails For Lack Of Signatures

An attempt by nurses and food workers unions to recall two board members of a two coastal health district has come to end — for now.

Nov 22, 2022
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Health Harms Of Mass Shootings Ripple Across Communities

Research reveals negative effects of mass shootings spread farther than previously understood, harming even those not touched directly by the violence.

Nov 17, 2022

This Oregon Medical Group clinic in Eugene is one of several primary care businesses bought in Oregon in recent years by UnitedHealth's Optum Health Division. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

What Will UnitedHealth’s New Trove Of Claims Data Mean For Consumers?

UnitedHealth, which has been expanding in Oregon, is under scrutiny over issues that include its data practices.

Nov 17, 2022

Staff care for a COVID-19 patient at Oregon Health & Science University. | COURTESY OF OHSU

At-Risk Oregonians Can Obtain Free COVID Medication At Home

Color Health will offer telehealth and phone sessions to some Oregonians, including those aged 65 and older and those with compromised immune systems.

Nov 17, 2022

TWO-YEAR-OLD ZION GASTELUM DIED FOUR DAYS AFTER RECEIVING BABY ROOT CANALS AND CROWNS AT KOOL SMILES, A PRIVATE EQUITY-AFFILIATED DENTAL CLINIC IN YUMA, ARIZONA./SCREENGRAB OF ABC15 ARIZONA BROADCAST

Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care

As private equity extends into health care, evidence is mounting it’s led to higher prices and diminished quality of care, a KHN investigation has found.

Nov 17, 2022

Patrick Allen. | COPYRIGHTED IMAGE REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE PORTLAND TRIBUNE

Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen Submits Resignation

Allen, who steadied the agency after high-profile controversies, will step down Jan. 9, 2023. State Behavioral Health Director Steve Allen is also resigning.

Nov 17, 2022
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