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Q&A: Prusak Reflects On Legislative Career – And Remaining Work

Rep. Rachel Prusak, chair of the House Health Care Committee, is leaving the Legislature when her term ends.

Mar 8, 2022
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The NFL Has Been Using An Unproven Measure To Get Players With Covid Back On The Field Fast

The National Football League in December quietly made a small but meaningful change to its rules for allowing players to return after testing positive for covid, one that hinges on an arcane and hotly debated measurement called a cycle threshold, or Ct value.

Mar 8, 2022

Charts Paint A Grim Picture 2 Years Into The Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 8, 2022

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Biden’s Promise Of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers

The Biden administration's proposed overhaul of nursing home care would require mandating adequate staffing levels for all homes without bankrupting those that can’t afford far higher labor costs.

Mar 8, 2022

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Oregon Launches Merger Oversight Program As Hospitals Object

Many key details about the merger and acquisition review system are sketchy, hospitals say, but state officials stand by the new program.

Mar 7, 2022
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Insulin Cap Is Welcome, Popular, And Bipartisan — But Congress May Not Pass It Anyway

Mar 5, 2022

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

Legislative Session Was Short But Substantial For Oregon Health Care

Lawmakers invested in health care workforce needs, approved an expansion for the Oregon Health Plan and approved incentives for behavioral health providers.

Mar 5, 2022
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Oregon’s Lagging Substance Use Disorder Plan May Get Boost

The House passed a bill to require state agency participation in the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission’s statewide plan and designate a board for spending opioid settlement dollars.

Mar 3, 2022
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Rep. David Brock Smith, R-Port Orford, said a proposal on kratom now has backing from Gov. Kate Brown, who vetoed a similar proposal last year./Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle

Legislature Moves Toward Approval Of A Bill To Regulate Kratom

The bill would regulate the manufacturing and sales of kratom, used as a stimulant or painkiller, and make it a misdemeanor to sell it to those under 21.

Mar 3, 2022

Stan Thomas holds a photo of his wife, Monica Melkonian, that rests on the memorial he made to her. Melkonian is one of nine people in the U.S. confirmed to have died from vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, a rare side effect associated with the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine./Tess Freeman for KHN

To Be One In A Million: ‘Who Thinks It’s Going To Be You?’

The husband of an Oregon woman who died of a rare J&J vaccine side effect questions whether authorities have done enough to educate the public.

Mar 3, 2022

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