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Oregon Scientists Find Higher Prevalence Of Viral Spread Than Expected

Aug 14, 2020

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Back to the Future: Trump’s History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes

Aug 13, 2020

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Hospital Systems Support Tobacco Tax Measure

The measure would add $2 to a pack of cigarettes in Oregon, which has the lowest cigarette taxes on the West Coast. It would also tax vaping products.

Aug 13, 2020
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Bereaved Families Are ‘the Secondary Victims of COVID-19’

Aug 12, 2020

Regence Returns $11 Million To Clients In Oregon

The money is part of $35 million total that the insurer is paying out because patients couldn't access medical treatment in the early months of the pandemic.

Aug 12, 2020

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Kaiser Permanente In Portland Joins COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

The nonprofit will be testing a new drug developed by Pfizer and BioNTech that produced a strong immune response in early trials.

Aug 12, 2020

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Test Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study

During the next two months, vaccine makers hope to recruit 60,000 Americans, including in Oregon, to roll up their sleeves to test two vaccines.

Aug 10, 2020

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Business Is Booming for Dialysis Giant Fresenius. It Took a Bailout Anyway.

Wfhen the Trump administration sent billions in federal relief funds to medical organizations, at least $259 million went to dialysis providers, with Fresenius receiving more than half of that.

Aug 10, 2020

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Lawmakers Revise Budget But Cuts Not As Deep As Feared

Lawmakers who worked to plug the budget hole took a nip-and-tuck approach rather than slash and burn. Still, advocates are worried about behavioral health care funding.

Aug 10, 2020
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