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The Malhotra Lab team includes Dhanir Tailor, Sanjay Malhotra, Arpit Dheeraj and Carrsyn Haley. | COURTESY OF OHSU

OHSU study highlights potential new drug for aggressive breast cancer

A synthetic molecule derived from plants could significantly improve survival rates for an aggressive form of breast cancer, as well as for breast cancer patients with metabolic disease, such as diabetes.

Nov 7, 2025
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Rural Clackamas County in Oregon. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Oregon seeks $1 billion for rural health

State health officials are competing with other states for a share of $50 billion in federal rural health funds

Nov 6, 2025
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Behavioral health cuts could mean less access for lower-income PacificSource members

Changes made by the financially challenged Oregon health insurer are alarming providers, but company executives say they intend to ensure patients get the care they need

Nov 6, 2025
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Justin Miller is concerned about the expiration of ACA subsidies for his employees

Justin Miller says he agonizes over what it could mean if health insurance through the marketplace becomes unaffordable for his employees. “Knowing that they’re going to have to pay $4,000 or $5,000 more a year to stay on their insurance is a tough pill to swallow,” he says. | ANNE CHADWICK WILLIAMS FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

Farmers, barbers, and GOP lawmakers grapple with the fate of ACA tax credits

Small-business owners and their employees are worried about their health care and their livelihoods as insurance prices surge

Nov 6, 2025

Navy veteran Kirby Lewis had a mastectomy after developing breast cancer.

Navy veteran Kirby Lewis has Stage 4 breast cancer and had a left breast mastectomy after being diagnosed about a dozen years ago. A new VA policy would make it harder for male veterans to get health care coverage for newly diagnosed breast cancer. | GREG KAHN FOR PROPUBLICA

Citing Trump order on “biological truth,” VA makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get coverage

A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

Nov 6, 2025

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Washington makes pitch to feds for $1B in rural health funding

The money was included in Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.” The state’s goals include strengthening the rural health workforce and improving care in tribal communities.

Nov 6, 2025

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Is Covid during pregnancy linked to autism? What a new study shows, and what it doesn’t

Massachusetts study from before vaccines were available finds an association between infection during pregnancy and fetal brain development

Nov 6, 2025

PacificSource headquarters is located in Springfield, Oregon. | COURTESY PHOTO

PacificSource's Lane County pullout is a ‘canary in the coal mine,’ CEO says

The health care program serving a third of Oregonians is at the brink of a ‘precipice’ and the state needs to take action to ensure care for lower-income people remains intact, said Dr. John Espinola, who heads the Springfield-based health insurer

Nov 4, 2025
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