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MICK STEVENS OF TIGARD PUT HIS PARALEGAL CAREER ON HOLD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER, JILLIAN, DURING THE PANDEMIC./COURTESY OF MICK STEVENS.
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An artist's drawing of a new county Behavioral Health Resource Center planned for downtown Portland, at the old Bushong building site./Courtesy of Multnomah County
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NICHOLAS KELLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS AS AN INFANT AND HAS NEVER BEEN HEALTHY ENOUGH TO WORK FULL TIME. HE WAS RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED FOR 2½ MONTHS DUE TO A LUNG INFECTION, A COMMON COMPLICATION FOR THE 30,000 AMERICANS WITH THIS DISEASE, MANY OF WHOM ARE BLACK AND/OR HISPANIC. ALTHOUGH NOVEL MEDICATIONS HAVE TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF MOST PEOPLE WITH CF, THEY DON’T WORK IN 10% OF PATIENTS. “NOBODY WANTS TO BE HOSPITALIZED,” SAYS KELLY, WHO LIVES IN WILLOUGHBY, OHIO, A SUBURB OF CLEVELAND. “IF SOMETHING COULD DECREASE MY SYMPTOMS EVEN 10%, I WOULD TRY IT.”/KEN BLAZE FOR KHN
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STEVE BUISSINNE/PIXABAY
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PROVIDED IMAGE OF THE COVER OF DOREEN DODGEN-MAGEE'S BOOK./OPB
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PATIENTS WHO ARE TREATED AT AN IN-NETWORK HOSPITAL WILL NO LONGER FACE SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS./LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE
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OREGON'S UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY HAS STEPPED UP TO RAISE MONEY FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO SEND TO THEIR NATION. THE FUNDRAISING, STILL ONGOING, HAS GENERATED NEARLY $100,000./COURTESY OF TATIANA TERDAL
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JONATHAN WEISS/SHUTTERSTOCK
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LISE HAMLIN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, EXPERIENCED FRUSTRATION OVER A LACK OF INTERPRETIVE SERVICES DURING A RECENT TELEHEALTH VISIT./ERIC HARKLEROAD/ KHN
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HALASSWIATEL/PIXABAY
