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His girlfriend died of an overdose in 2016 from oxycodone pills she obtained using one of his illegal prescriptions.

Out-of-state medical staffing companies are providing about 800 crucial health care workers in the weeks ahead as hospitals are swamped with COVID-19 patients.

The state’s Prescription Drug Price Transparency Program was created to illuminate pharmaceutical pricing practices, but pharmaceutical companies have shielded information they say infringes on trade secrets.

Despite federal warnings against using the drug ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19, the Oregon Poison Center is getting a lot of calls about it.

The state has granted fewer beds than the company sought, and the facility must devote nearly half its beds to mental health patients from hospital ERs and other secure facilities.

Consumers’ options have expanded with more hearing devices entering the market and alternative ways to get them and at lower prices.

AFSCME has collected data on OHSU’s treatment of racial and ethnic minorities and presented it to the university’s president.

The Lund Report learned that the state now is only seeking additional medical staff from the federal government, not a FEMA-backed field hospital.

Forecasters predict that the surge caused by the delta variant will rapidly worsen and that hospitals in the state will run out of ICU and other beds.

The mandate starts on Monday. It will not affect the UO’s Prefontaine Classic currently taking place at Hayward Field.