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JAMES MASSIE, AN ARMY VETERAN AND A PATIENT AT THE SALEM VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN SALEM, VIRGINIA, GETS HIS TEETH BRUSHED BY NURSING ASSISTANT TERESA QUARLES IN JUNE. THE SALEM VA REPRIORITIZED ORAL CARE TO COMBAT NON-VENTILATOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN 2016, AND THE PROGRAM HAS SINCE EXPANDED ACROSS THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND IS OFTEN CITED AS A MODEL FOR ALL HOSPITALS./ROSAIRE BUSHEY/KHN

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is A Simple Way to Stop It.

Hospital patients not getting their teeth brushed, or not brushing their teeth themselves, is believed to be a leading cause of hundreds of thousands of cases of pneumonia a year in patients not on a ventilator.
Jul 12, 2022
THE SALT & STRAW SCOOP SHOP AT DISNEY SPRINGS IN FLORIDA, PICTURED AT ITS GRAND OPENING IN APRIL 2022. THE COMPANY SAID IT WILL PAY FOR EMPLOYEES TO TRAVEL OUT-OF-STATE TO ACCESS ABORTION./COURTESY PHOTO/OPB

How Two Oregon Companies Plan To Help Out-Of-State Employees Access Abortion

How two smaller Oregon companies, with fewer resources, plan to navigate a nationwide patchwork of abortion bans and restrictions.
Jul 12, 2022
Nurses and others gathered in downtown Oregon City on May 11, 2022 for an informational picket about contract negotiations with Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. | COURTESY OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Providence Willamette Falls Nurses Approve Labor Deal 

New contract terms won support from a majority of the hospital’s nurses after tense negotiations and the threat of a strike.
Jul 11, 2022
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OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Judge Fines OHSU Over Public Records Delay

Oregon Health & Science University improperly delayed the release of public records and unlawfully retained documents concerning the constitutionally protected activities of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a judge ruled.
Jul 7, 2022
KAREN HABERLAND, PROJECT OFFICER AT ECRI, DEMONSTRATES HOW A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL PUTS ON A DISPOSABLE ISOLATION GOWN./CAROLINE GUTMAN/KHN

Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs Of Exposing Workers To Infection

Gowns worn in medical and intensive care units ripped too easily and allowed 4 to 14 times the expected amount of liquid to seep through, a study says.
Jul 7, 2022
An advertisement for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline at the Shaw-Howard University subway station in Washington, D.C
An advertisement for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline at the Shaw-Howard University subway station in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2023. | ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Gun Safety ‘Wrapped in a Mental Health Bill’: A Look At The New Law

The focus is on improving mental health services, with $13 billion earmarked for such programs.
Jul 7, 2022

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