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‘Dr. Google’ meets its match: Dr. ChatGPT

A new study found ChatGPT compared quite well to human doctors who reviewed the same symptoms

Sep 12, 2023

During a rally at PeaceHealth's University District hospital in Eugene on Sept. 11, 2023, Oregon Nurses Association executive director Anne Tan Piazza addresses the crowd. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Pressure grows on PeaceHealth to keep Eugene hospital open

Despite outcry from community leaders and workers, the health system shows no sign of changing course, and officials may have scant authority to prevent closure

Sep 12, 2023
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Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Nan Waller in her office on Thursday, February 9th, 2023. | JORDAN GALE/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Multnomah County judge in center of Oregon’s mental health crisis

Nan Waller, a homegrown judge, helps suspects find mental health treatment while also overseeing hundreds of competency hearings a year

Sep 12, 2023

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First benefits planned this week under Oregon's new paid family leave

About 1,700 applications have been approved by the Oregon Employment Department

Sep 12, 2023
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Food and Drug Administration approves COVID boosters for upcoming season

The updated COVID-19 booster shots for children and adults will available soon pending a CDC vote Tuesday

Sep 11, 2023

A Fred Meyer store in Tigard, Oregon. Kroger owns the Fred Meyer brand. | TADA IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK

Kroger-Albertsons merger could harm Oregon pharmacy access

With rural access to health care and pharmacies a hot topic, a national deal is getting closer scrutiny from the state’s relatively new health care merger review program

Sep 7, 2023
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OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital has a level 1 pediatric trauma center. | OHSU/CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS

Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the US market

Thousands of kids a year are exposed to liquid nicotine in e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, and for a toddler, even a few drops can be fatal

Sep 7, 2023

Wildfire smoke covers the Ochocos Mountains in Central Oregon on Aug. 18, 2020. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Timeline for Oregon Health Plan coverage of housing, food, climate benefits unveiled

Oregon will be the first state to use Medicaid dollars to ease the impacts of climate change on its residents

Sep 7, 2023
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I set out to create a simple map for how to appeal your insurance denial. Instead, I found a mind-boggling labyrinth.

I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals. Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do.

Sep 7, 2023

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Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulations

President Joe Biden's directive for new rules to prevent heat injury and illness could take more than a decade to fulfill — if they don't stall before then

Sep 6, 2023

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