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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

Oregon-Based Groups Send Aid, Medical Supplies To Ukraine

Ukrainians in the Pacific Northwest are supporting their native country with donations as a Portland-based humanitarian group plans its response.

Mar 15, 2022
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A Pharmacy’s Delay Caused A Heart Attack, Lawsuit Claims

A Rite Aid in Pendleton is accused of delay in filling a prescription for an anti-clotting medication, which doctors allegedly blamed for a cardiac event.

Mar 15, 2022
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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

Pandemic Medical Innovations Leave Behind People With Disabilities

Some people with disabilities have been left behind even as telemedicine, teleworking, rapid tests, virtual school, and vaccine drive-thrus have become part of most Americans’ pandemic routines.

Mar 15, 2022

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Five Ways To Support Ukrainian Hospitals and Health Care Workers

Russian bombs are overwhelming health care infrastructure in Ukraine. Medical supplies, donations and volunteers are needed.

Mar 15, 2022

The VA center in Portland is located next to Oregon Health & Science University. | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Improvements, Additions Planned For Veterans’ Health Care System

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to modernize health care facilities in Oregon and southwest Washington and shorten the time veterans in rural areas spend commuting for services.

Mar 15, 2022

In this video screenshot, Tony Klein was deposed in November 2019 as part of civil litigation involving 10 women incarcerated at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, who accused him of sexual abuse. | VIDEO SCREENSHOT/PLAINTIFF DEPOSITION/MICHELLE BURROWS/OPB