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A health care worker unpacks the Pfizer vaccine at Oregon Health & Science University. | OHSU

Updated COVID-19 vaccines expected to be available in September, federal officials say

The fall public health vaccination campaign includes updated COVID-19 boosters, the annual flu shot and the newly approved RSV vaccine

Aug 29, 2023

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Timing and cost of new vaccines vary by virus and health insurance status

Coverage, costs vary for vaccines targeting influenza, COVID-19 and RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus.

Aug 29, 2023

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Baker County looks ahead as St. Alphonsus birth center nears end

Senators and governor tell local hospital, ‘the community now understands it’s on its own’

Aug 29, 2023

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

Jail wait times for people experiencing mental illness plummet

Court-ordered Oregon State Hospital discharge deadlines are having an effect, group says

Aug 29, 2023
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Hospitals receive widely different payments for same procedure, state data shows

A state dashboard could help Oregon patients and businesses shop around. It also raises questions about hospital billing.

Aug 28, 2023
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Dean Kienholz in his office at Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland, Ore. on July 19, 2023. Kienholz is a prisoner who became a certified alcohol and drug counselor while incarcerated. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

A prison pipeline that could help meet Oregon’s behavioral health workforce needs

The state corrections department is expanding a program that certifies prisoners to be drug and alcohol counselors and mentors — and it couldn’t happen at a better time

Aug 25, 2023

Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. | LEGACY HEALTH

Unity Center staff votes overwhelmingly to unionize

Non-nursing staff at the Portland psychiatric center voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining the Oregon Nurses Association.

Aug 24, 2023

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Former legislative aide Kristina Narayan is going back to work for Tina Kotek, now in the governor's office. | COURTESY OF CAREOREGON

Kotek taps former aide to help with health care

Kristina Narayan has worked in and around Salem and Oregon health care for much of her career

Aug 24, 2023
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He needed a liver transplant. But did the risks outweigh the reward?

A transplant program in Memphis took pride in replacing the livers of patients turned away by other hospitals. One patient’s liver transplant illustrates the promise and peril of operating on people with serious risk factors.

Aug 24, 2023