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ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

Most states, but not Oregon and Washington, ban the so-called corporate practice of medicine.

Dec 27, 2022

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As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

The federal government wants to make permanent a rule allowing certain patients to take home up to a 28-day supply of the addiction medication methadone, instead of going to a clinic for a daily dose.

Dec 27, 2022

The Oregon Health Authority's Salem headquarters. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Federal program grants $2 million to house Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS

Experts note a “strong connection” between health outcomes and stable housing.

Dec 27, 2022

Peer support specialists working for Malheur County offered Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug, to people stopping by a day shelter in Ontario on Oct. 13, 2022. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU to test if rewarding safer drug use reduces fatal overdoses in Oregon

Researchers have won a $3.17 million federal grant to test the effectiveness of offering rewards for engaging in harm reduction programs.

Dec 23, 2022
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Flawed breast cancer tests sparked unnecessary chemotherapy, lawsuits claim

Six Oregon women have sued a prominent Salem pathology lab saying they were diagnosed with a potentially aggressive variety of breast cancer they didn’t actually have.

Dec 22, 2022
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The Knight Cancer Research Building at Oregon Health & Science University. | COURTESY OHSU

OHSU cancer research center joins drug development group

The center, housed in OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute, will work with researchers across the country to produce new cancer treatments.

Dec 20, 2022

Reginald Richardson, shown speaking on the steps of the Capitol for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan 21, 2019. | RACHEL ALEXANDER

Gov. Brown fires state director who pleaded guilty to child assault

Richardson had pleaded guilty to assaulting an 8-year-old boy during a Salem after-school program

Dec 20, 2022

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Pregnant? Here’s what you need to know about NIPTs

Though popular, prenatal screening tests and their marketing claims aren’t regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Dec 20, 2022

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