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Lake Oswego medical device company faces new allegations of fraud, ‘kickbacks’

A sales manager for Biotronik accuses the company of improperly rewarding doctors who use its devices and defrauding Medicare in a lawsuit that comes 3 years after a federal investigation of similar complaints

Nov 13, 2025
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The Byheart infant formula product that's been recalled. | U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

Baby formula maker linked to botulism outbreak was warned previously about contamination

Parents and caregivers are warned to immediately stop using any of ByHeart's products, after it recalled formula manufactured facilities in Portland and Allerton, Iowa

Nov 13, 2025

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Immigrants with health conditions may be denied visas under new Trump administration guidance

New instructions encourage visa officers to develop their own views about whether an applicant's health could become a public burden for the United States

Nov 13, 2025

Panelists including CMMS administrator Mehmet Oz speak to audience Nov. 6, 2025

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz (right) with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (center) and Esther Krofah, executive vice president of Milken Institute Health, at a Milken Institute event on Nov. 6, 2025. | SARAH JANE TRIBBLE|KFF HEALTH NEWS

Concerns over fairness, access rise as states compete for slice of $50B rural health fund

Will the rural health fund be a lifeline for beleaguered rural communities, or will it be a 'slush fund,' as some critics fear?

Nov 13, 2025

Estrofem pills, a form of hormone therapy. | RAIL FOX | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

FDA to remove black box warning from hormone replacement therapy drugs

Researchers apparently misunderstood menopause symptoms. 'Women deserve the same rigorous sciences as is used for men.'

Nov 11, 2025

Eugene's police and fire chiefs speak to reporters.

Eugene-Springfield Fire Chief Mike Caven (left) and Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner speak with reporters at a Nov. 6, 2025 press conference, when they discussed the future of crisis support services in Eugene. | NATHAN WILK | KLCC

City of Eugene plans its crisis response future, wants to add peer navigation services

The city published a report on its emergency response trends since April, when the mobile crisis intervention program CAHOOTS abruptly shuttered services in town. The report found that another program, Mobile Crisis Services of Lane County, saw significantly more use in that time.

Nov 11, 2025

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As health companies get bigger, so do the bills. It’s unclear if Trump’s team will intervene.

Research shows a change of ownership leads to a rise in prices

Nov 11, 2025

United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. | FRANCINE SRECA/PIXABAY

Shutdown has highlighted Washington’s retreat from big ideas on health care

Political realities have reduced the fight to incremental changes, such as simply preserving ACA subsidies

Nov 11, 2025

Adventist Health Columbia Gorge, before it changed its name.

Adventist Health-Columbia Gorge hospital in The Dalles, when it was still known as Mid-Columbia Medical Center. | BILL BEERS | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Hospital in The Dalles clears hurdle in bid to cut beds, boost revenue

The state’s merger review office has approved the first stage of Adventist Health’s bid to convert its Columbia Gorge facility to tap a relatively lucrative federal program

Nov 10, 2025
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County officials vow to defy state pressure on behavior health

Citing accountability, state health officials are trying to rewrite behavioral health contracts with counties — but local officials say the changes will hurt patients and leave counties holding the bag for the state’s many failures.

Nov 10, 2025
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