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Oregon residential care facilities say a new law is making them look bad

The number of facilities in Oregon with red flags on their license has tripled in the last two years, but lobbyists say they are technical violations

Nov 9, 2023
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Wesley Jackson Wade is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who practices in Durham, North Carolina. Wade was diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia in 2020, after years of grappling with the symptoms of those conditions. Now Wade counsels Black youth and adults to help identify neurological conditions. | EAMON QUEENEY/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Underdiagnosed and undertreated, young Black males with ADHD get left behind

Young Black males are 60% less likely than white boys to be correctly diagnosed with ADHD

Nov 9, 2023

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Members of the ONA bargaining team for Rogue Regional nurses | OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Asante Rogue Regional nurses reach tentative agreement on labor contract

Deal goes to a vote on Friday

Nov 9, 2023

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New drug to protect young children from common respiratory infection in short supply

With RSV cases on the rise, officials say people may want to adopt COVID-style precautions around newborns

Nov 9, 2023

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Judge’s psychiatric discharge deadlines spawned ‘legal limbo,’ service gaps, locals say

Efforts to fix a bottleneck at Oregon State Hospital have increased problems elsewhere, local officials told lawmakers Wednesday

Nov 8, 2023
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You have a right to know why a health insurer denied your claim. Some insurers still won’t tell you.

Federal regulations require insurers to promptly hand over records to patients facing claim denials. Some insurers only turned over their files after ProPublica reached out.

Nov 8, 2023

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Health authority warns of uptick in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox

Seventeen cases were reported between July 20 and Oct. 31, nearly double the nine cases reported between Jan. 1 and July 20

Nov 8, 2023

The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Law enforcement officials press lawmakers to tighten Oregon’s drug laws

Police and sheriff’s departments around Oregon say they want authority to arrest people who use and possess drugs as a way to steer them to treatment

Nov 7, 2023

Dr. Sejal Hathi, 33, in January takes over as director of the Oregon Health Authority, an agency that oversees care to more than 1.3 million low-income people. | SCREENSHOT VIA THE LUND REPORT

Q&A: Incoming Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi on Measure 110, delivery reforms

The former White House advisor supports the drug decriminalization law’s goals but says she’ll work with law enforcement and others on implementation

Nov 7, 2023
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Medicare expands the roster of available mental health professionals

Many psychiatrists and psychologists don’t participate in Medicare's program, but a series of legislative and regulatory changes are aimed at changing that

Nov 7, 2023

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