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Opinion: Finding An Effective Cure For High Drug Prices

Congress must pass legislation to increase pharmaceutical pricing transparency and rein-in pharmacy benefit managers.

Mar 22, 2022
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Darlene Eckert was a resident representative during the five-year Housing with Services program that provided coordinated health care to more than 1,400 residents in Portland./Courtesy of Darlene Eckert.

Portland Project Combining Health And Housing Gets New Attention

Founding leaders of the ambitious effort to improve care and save money hope its demise has lessons for a national audience.

Mar 22, 2022
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON LOCATED IN EUGENE./SHUTTERSTOCK

Planned Parenthood Of Southwestern Oregon Workers Get Contract

Nearly 60 workers receive their first union contract through Service Employees International Union Local 49.

Mar 22, 2022
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Warm Springs Residents Prepare For Water Outage To Continue Through Root Feast

Residents prepare to live without running water ahead of a sacred feast celebrating first foods, as the long-term fix for a crumbling system remains unclear.

Mar 22, 2022

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Pfizer CEO Pushes Yearly Shots For COVID. Not So Fast, Experts Say.

When Albert Bourla said all Americans will need a second booster shot, some experts saw his claim as self-serving.

Mar 22, 2022

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How Will Idaho’s New Abortion Law Impact Eastern Oregon?

In preparation for women from other states coming to Oregon for abortions, the Legislature recently approved $15 million for reproductive health equity fund.

Mar 22, 2022

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Nurse Faces Prison For A Deadly Error, Colleagues Worry: Could I Be Next?

A Tennessee nurse was charged with reckless homicide and felony abuse of an impaired adult for the accidental killing of a 75-year-old patient.

Mar 22, 2022

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Is Oregon’s Flu Vacation Over?

Hospitalizations due to the flu this year are still just a fraction of normal. That could change as our masks come off.

Mar 22, 2022

MICK STEVENS OF TIGARD PUT HIS PARALEGAL CAREER ON HOLD TO TAKE CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER, JILLIAN, DURING THE PANDEMIC./COURTESY OF MICK STEVENS.

Oregon Parents Fight To Keep Care Payments As Pandemic Winds Down

Medicaid funds have gone to hundreds of parents of severely developmentally disabled children for their caregiving during the public health emergency, but that is slated to end.

Mar 17, 2022
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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

Provider Selected For Multnomah County’s New Behavioral Health Downtown Day Center

The Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon will operate a peer-run program at the Behavioral Health Resource Center, slated to open in Portland this fall.

Mar 17, 2022
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