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While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.

More people in Oregon retained benefits under the Oregon Health Plan did their counterparts in most other states after the pandemic, which officials attribute to extra care taken when resuming eligibility checks that had been paused

Three new lawsuits have been filed against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center and former nurse Dani Marie Schofield. The hospital could now face over $477 million in damages.

Consumers who were enrolled fraudulently in Affordable Care Act coverage could receive unexpected tax bills — the first and possibly only clue they were a victim of fraud. Getting help may become difficult as federal workers are laid off and funding for assistance programs is cut.

Fentanyl overdoses occur from ingesting the synthetic opioid. But popular culture has misrepresented the risks to first responders.

Washington's hospitals are one of the largest recipients of state tax dollars through government health plans. However, the hospital association says potential Medicaid cuts and the state policy could cause distress.

Her death at a Gresham care home two years ago sparked changes for Cascadia Health and spurred legislation in Salem

Concerns from care organizations and providers have derailed an agency push to kill a program that engages in public, evidence-based rationing of Oregon Health Plan services, kicking it to a task force instead

The average patient debt being retired as part of a deal with a Virginia-based debt trading company is $1,100, according to the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt —with some reaching the hundreds of thousands of dollars

Kotek wants Oregon Health & Science University to consider closing a research center that defenders say fuels scientific advances but critics say is inhumane