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An inmate at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles holds his covid vaccine immunization card after getting a first dose in 2021. | HEIDI DE MARCO/KFF HEALTH NEWS

A new Covid booster is here. Will those at greatest risk get it?

New COVID-19 booster vaccines are recommended for all — but many who need them most won’t get them

Sep 21

Humira is made by the biomedical giant Abbvie; its logo is shown here on a billboard in Jakarta, Indonesia. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Save billions or stick with Humira? Drug brokers steer Americans to the costly choice

Challengers to Humira could save the health care system $9 billion and herald savings from the whole class of drugs

Sep 21

Ray Anthony sits at their desk inside Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette's clinic on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Portland on Sept. 15, 2023. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Gender-affirming care can be a ‘dice game;’ this navigator tries to improve the odds

Nearly a year into the job, Ray Anthony sees hope and opportunities for improvement in a state that features some of the most protective laws in the nation

Sep 21
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As paid family leave claims rise in Washington, the wait for benefits gets longer

The time to process an application could reach four months unless dozens more workers are hired, say administrators of the popular state program

Sep 21

A Kaiser Permanente pharmacy. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Kaiser pharmacy workers say they will strike

Health system spokesperson says management is making contingency plans to offset work stoppage in Oregon, southwest Washington

Sep 20

Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Feds say Oregon State Hospital was slow to address safety after dangerous patient escaped

For the second time in two years, federal regulators have ordered the state hospital to take action to address unsafe conditions

Sep 20
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Health workers warn loosening mask advice in hospitals would harm patients and providers

New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have drawn outrage

Sep 19

In the retina, there are photoreceptors that convert light into electricity, and then neurons carry that electrical message to the brain. | BRANDON SWANSON/OPB