They represent a small fraction of the tens of thousands of people who’ve lost free Medicaid benefits since last April
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Marsella Elie, a canvasser for the community organization Philly Counts, gives out Narcan, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose, to a North Philadelphia resident as part of Philadelphia’s door-knocking campaign in neighborhoods heavily affected by the opioid crisis.
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City officials hope to normalize naloxone as an everyday item in the medicine cabinet and reduce the disparate impact of overdose deaths on minority communities
Layoffs are possible, but university executives say they hope to avoid or minimize them by focusing on profitable complex surgeries
Apr 18
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Ki Soon “Harmony” Hyun during a visit to the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Ore., in an undated photo provided by family. Hyun, 83, who had dementia, died after wandering from the Mt. Hood Senior Living care facility in Sandy, Ore., in December 2023, after the staff failed to lock and secure the doors.
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Oregon’s long-term care ombudsman highlighted significant issues at the facility in a report released earlier this month
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Katherine Goodlow holds Coco the puppy outside her grandmother's home in Hisle on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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The median age at death of Native Americans was 14 years younger than for White Americans, according to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Members of Oregon's Universal Health Plan Governance Board meet for the first time in Salem on April 16, 2024. From left, Dr. Helen Bellanca, the board's chair; Dr. Bruce Goldberg, a veteran public health official; Debra Diaz, a physicians associate; Warren George, a retired businessman and the board's vice-chair.
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After Gov. Kotek raised questions over its justification, appointed board will try to forge clear, specific answers to how the state could succeed where others have not
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Legacy Health Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland, Ore., on July 30, 2023.
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The outgoing head of the beleaguered Portland-based hospital system cites stress, medical needs and a suggestion from a ‘friend.’ Dr. George Brown, her predecessor, will replace her as the system mulls a merger with OHSU.
A new Oregon study highlights a case investigated with Crook County in which the baby was born 150 miles away from the chickens that infected it — but had to be readmitted due to a serious Salmonella infection just days later
A new study has sparked debate over the accuracy of public health data on deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth — and the narrative of high and rising U.S. maternal mortality rates
In a state where retail pharmacies have been disappearing fast, merger of pharmacy operators could hurt Oregonians' access. The state has scheduled a public hearing for comment.