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This year, about 3,200 rocks were hand painted by volunteers spreading awareness about organ donation through the "Kindness Rocks" campaign. | COURTESY OF ANNE CARLETON/PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP

How the death of a 15-year-old saved lives and spread kindness

After her son’s organ donations saved seven lives, a mother organized a rock-painting campaign to raise awareness for organ donation at Kaiser Permanente’s Hillsboro hospital

May 1, 2023
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Stanton Healthcare, headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, advertises a controversial and unregulated treatment that claims, without credible data, to reverse the effects of medication abortion. | COURTESY OF BRANDI SWINDELL

How to make a state abortion ban go national

Stanton Healthcare has been the driving force to test the boundaries of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, adding to chaos and uncertainty among Idahoans who need abortions

May 1, 2023

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Task force bill links wine, beer revenue to behavioral health spending

Bill seeks to spark conversation on alcohol’s toll on Oregon – and a possible tax hike

Apr 27, 2023
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After a patient died, a frustrated nurse sent an email — and was fired

New lawsuit claims Providence Health & Services fired a nurse supervisor in Portland over complaints about unsafe staffing

Apr 27, 2023
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Depressed? Anxious? Air pollution may be a factor

New research shows how air pollution goes directly into the brain through the air we breathe — and has serious impacts

Apr 27, 2023

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Meals on Wheels as a climate-relief model

Multnomah County's program distributing food for the elderly is being cited to show how volunteers can address heat strokes and other health concerns in times of need

Apr 27, 2023

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Viable male birth control options could be on the horizon

One organization with a single donor is trying to lead the way in a lonely health care frontier

Apr 27, 2023

large white hospital building bears the word "BayCare"

BayCare Hospital Wesley Chapel opened in March and as early as 2025 is slated to be among three general hospitals in Wesley Chapel, a Tampa suburb. The three hospitals will be within a five-minute drive of one another. | PHIL GALEWITZ, KFF HEALTH NEWS

How a 2019 Florida law catalyzed a hospital-building boom

About two-thirds of states, including Oregon, require government approval to build a hospital; in Florida dropping that rule has spawned dozens of new hospitals to serve the affluent that critics say will drive up health care costs and hurt quality

Apr 27, 2023

The west plaza at Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | COURTESY OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Hospitals' lawsuit over psychiatric admissions faces scrutiny in court

Oregon hospital systems say they’re saddled with patients who should be in the state hospital, but a federal judge questions the validity of their argument

Apr 26, 2023
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