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A student at Harmony Academy, a high school for teens in recovery, told The Lund Report he didn't realize he was smoking fentanyl until his parent had him tested. He thought the pills he was buying were oxycodone. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

State inaction left Oregon teens vulnerable to fentanyl’s fatal spread

A lack of prevention, education and youth addiction programs opened the door to tragedy as dealers added the potent opioid to local drug markets

Mar 7

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Oregon will lift mask mandate in early April for health care settings

The requirement to wear masks when visiting doctors, dentists and other health care professionals soon goes away

Mar 3

James Schroeder sat for an interview with The Lund Report at his office in downtown Portland on Jan. 11, 2023. | NICK BUDNICK/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon Health Authority Director James Schroeder’s resignation sparks questions

Dave Baden will step in as interim director after Schroeder cited family in his surprise announcement

Mar 3
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Bill allowing Oregon Health Authority to access patient immigration data advances

The agency’s legislation to improve data showing health inequities will be pared down in the face of opposition

Mar 2
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Metro West appeals Washington County ambulance contract award to AMR

Local ambulance company questions American Medical Response’s claim of consistently complying with contracts across the country

Mar 2
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Lawmakers consider proposal to give consumers a greater voice in behavioral health policy

A bill would train people who have received behavioral health services how to navigate the state’s system and advocate

Mar 2

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Syphilis bacterium. | ILLUSTRATION BY JOMAR JUNIOR/PIXABAY

Syphilis on the rise in Marion County, residents encouraged to get tested

Syphilis cases are spiking in Marion County, with a 216% increase from 2018 to 2022

Mar 2

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Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Legacy Health still needs approval to shutter a Gresham birth center on March 17

Records show a quick approval is possible, but Legacy’s plan differs from an earlier one the Oregon Health Authority approved

Mar 2
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Era of ‘free’ COVID vaccines, test kits and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?

The national public health emergency, first declared in early 2020 in response to the pandemic, is set to expire May 11

Mar 2

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Biden promises to fight GOP on ‘gutting’ Medicaid. Budget talks seem like another story.

Some Republicans hope to allow more states to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries and could also target Medicaid provider taxes

Mar 2

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State inaction left Oregon teens vulnerable to fentanyl’s fatal spread

Oregon will lift mask mandate in early April for health care settings

Oregon Health Authority Director James Schroeder’s resignation sparks questions

Bill allowing Oregon Health Authority to access patient immigration data advances

Metro West appeals Washington County ambulance contract award to AMR

Lawmakers consider proposal to give consumers a greater voice in behavioral health policy

Syphilis on the rise in Marion County, residents encouraged to get tested

Legacy Health still needs approval to shutter a Gresham birth center on March 17

Era of ‘free’ COVID vaccines, test kits and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?

Biden promises to fight GOP on ‘gutting’ Medicaid. Budget talks seem like another story.

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