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Hospital costs account for the largest share of health care costs. | CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS/OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Health Care In Oregon Becoming Increasingly Expensive, Report Says

Jul 20, 2022

Hospital costs account for the largest share of health care costs. | CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS/OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

Health Care In Oregon Becoming Increasingly Expensive, Report Says

Jul 20, 2022

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COVID-19 Sickening Thousands Of Oregonians A Week, While Monkeypox Causes Several Dozen Cases

State health officials said COVID-19 is straining hospital capacity, especially in central and southern Oregon.

Jul 20, 2022

MULTNOMAH COUNTY IS RENOVATING AN OLDER BUILDING AT 333 SW PARK AVE. IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND TO BECOME A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER PROVIDING A MIX OF HOUSING, SERVICES AND RESPITE TO HOUSELESS PEOPLE./COURTESY OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY/PHOTO BY MOTOYA NAKAMURA

Multnomah County Seeks $1.5 Million Behavioral Health Grant

The grant would be used to support the health needs of people frequently in the criminal justice system.

Jul 20, 2022
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Oregon Health Authority Responds to Conservative Media Barrage

Misleading commentaries triggered a backlash of ‘hate’ by taking out of context a line from an email calling urgency ‘a white supremacy value.’

Jul 19, 2022
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New Oregon Merger Review Program OK’s First Deal

Officials approved a private equity firm’s acquisition of hospice facilities in Salem and Lake Oswego, but critics have concerns.

Jul 19, 2022
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As Big Pharma Loses Interest In New Antibiotics, Infections Grow Stronger

Nearly 50,000 Americans die of resistant bacterial infections each year, but the FDA has not approved a new antibiotic since 2019.

Jul 17, 2022

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Pharma Companies Sue To Buy Blood From Mexicans Along Border

Facing a drop in supply, two global companies are suing over a U.S-imposed ban on Mexicans entering the country selling their blood.

Jul 17, 2022

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States Launch New 988 Crisis Intervention Service

Oregon expects the annual calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to double within a year.

Jul 17, 2022

A MARCH 2019 FILE PHOTO FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT ST. CHARLES HOSPITAL IN BEND, ORE. ST. CHARLES HEALTH IS RATIONING CARE AMID STAFFING SHORTAGES./EMILY CURETON/OPB

Central Oregon’s St. Charles Lays Off 2 Top Executives As Patients Face Rationed Care

Medical providers at the region’s only hospital system now must scrutinize patient admissions and at times discharge people “uncomfortably early.”

Jul 17, 2022

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