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Union dismisses the lawsuit and claims the health care system is refusing to negotiate with some health workers

Days passed before a recall alert made it to store shelves. At least 31 infants who have been fed ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula have been hospitalized in 15 states with suspected or confirmed infant botulism.

This year alone at least seven states, including Oregon and Washington, have enacted laws aimed at increasing oversight and transparency when private equity firms buy health practices

The Trump administration has slashed staff of the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction by more than half, while scrapping $1.7 billion in block grants for state health departments and eliminating roughly $350 million in addiction and overdose prevention funding. The agency is currently without an administrator and is missing 12 of its 17 senior leaders.

In Oregon, where 30% of hospitals are Catholic-run facilities, transgender patients may lose care altogether

New AI-powered programs offer help to patients stymied by insurance denials

The layoffs are the latest in multiple rounds of cuts in Oregon that Providence's Oregon CEO has said will continue until the company is breaking even in the state

'Special enrollment periods' are opaque, and the record suggests CMMS isn't closely watching adequacy of networks

The very young are most at risk, as public health tracking systems face delays

Critics are wary of the group’s efforts, which have yet to flesh out finances or put a price tag on the change