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PORTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOWN HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL IN 2021. WITH SUMMER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING, SOME DISTRICTS AGAIN REQUIRE MASKS./PHOTO COPYRIGHT: PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP (USED WITH PERMISSION)

Do Kids Need A Mask For Summer School? It Depends

Public health measures for summer activities in the Portland area will vary by school district.
Jul 12, 2022
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JENI RAE PETERS OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA ― PICTURED WITH HER DAUGHTER LISHA JANE FEATHERMAN — WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 2 BREAST CANCER IN 2020. SHE’S HAD HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH HER EMPLOYERS, BUT SHE STILL HAD TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT-OF-POCKET./DAWNEE LEBEAU FOR KHN AND NPR

In America, Cancer Patients Endure Debt On Top Of Disease

The high costs of modern-day care have left millions with a devastating financial burden, but few suffer more than those with cancer.
Jul 12, 2022
JAMES MASSIE, AN ARMY VETERAN AND A PATIENT AT THE SALEM VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN SALEM, VIRGINIA, GETS HIS TEETH BRUSHED BY NURSING ASSISTANT TERESA QUARLES IN JUNE. THE SALEM VA REPRIORITIZED ORAL CARE TO COMBAT NON-VENTILATOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN 2016, AND THE PROGRAM HAS SINCE EXPANDED ACROSS THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND IS OFTEN CITED AS A MODEL FOR ALL HOSPITALS./ROSAIRE BUSHEY/KHN

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Is Killing Patients. Yet There Is A Simple Way to Stop It.

Hospital patients not getting their teeth brushed, or not brushing their teeth themselves, is believed to be a leading cause of hundreds of thousands of cases of pneumonia a year in patients not on a ventilator.
Jul 12, 2022
THE SALT & STRAW SCOOP SHOP AT DISNEY SPRINGS IN FLORIDA, PICTURED AT ITS GRAND OPENING IN APRIL 2022. THE COMPANY SAID IT WILL PAY FOR EMPLOYEES TO TRAVEL OUT-OF-STATE TO ACCESS ABORTION./COURTESY PHOTO/OPB

How Two Oregon Companies Plan To Help Out-Of-State Employees Access Abortion

How two smaller Oregon companies, with fewer resources, plan to navigate a nationwide patchwork of abortion bans and restrictions.
Jul 12, 2022
Nurses and others gathered in downtown Oregon City on May 11, 2022 for an informational picket about contract negotiations with Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. | COURTESY OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Providence Willamette Falls Nurses Approve Labor Deal 

New contract terms won support from a majority of the hospital’s nurses after tense negotiations and the threat of a strike.
Jul 11, 2022
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OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Judge Fines OHSU Over Public Records Delay

Oregon Health & Science University improperly delayed the release of public records and unlawfully retained documents concerning the constitutionally protected activities of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a judge ruled.
Jul 7, 2022

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