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Is your medication made in a contaminated factory? The FDA won’t tell you.

For decades, the FDA has blacked out the names of generic drugs on inspection reports for foreign factories that were found to have safety and quality violations. The practice has prevented patients, doctors, and pharmacists from knowing whether manufacturing failures have made medications ineffective or unsafe.

Oct 23, 2025

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Oregon urges payment flexibility under government shutdown

Division of Financial Regulation urges insurers to provide grace period for premium payments, claims filings and to waive penalties

Oct 23, 2025

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Opinion: Health care the lowest common denominator in the fight over government funding

Congress needs get back to work and restore the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits, says Oregon congresswoman

Oct 23, 2025
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Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, Ore.

Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. | M.O. STEVENS | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Corvallis-based Samaritan Health announces deal to join MultiCare

Financially strapped system’s CEO had called the Oregon health care environment ‘unsustainable.’ If the deal is approved, Washington-based MultiCare would invest an undisclosed amount in Samaritan’s facilities.

Oct 23, 2025
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Oregon primary care takeaway sparks alarm for doctors, clinics

An overoptimistic budget projection by state health officials has led to a scramble to slash funding relied on by primary care providers. But critics say care for low-income children, mothers and others is at risk.

Oct 21, 2025

Shoppers at a Hy-Vee store in Overland Park, Kan.

Grocery shoppers at a Hy-Vee store. | BY DEAN HOCHMAN | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

SNAP food and nutrition assistance to Oregonians runs out at the end of October

USDA officials notified states that funding for SNAP benefits would be frozen in November due to the government shutdown

Oct 21, 2025

Memorial vigil for cancer victims in Washington, D.C.

Despite a steady rain, volunteers from across the country and the political spectrum converged on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., recently to remember people who have died of cancer, part of an annual volunteer fly-in organized by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. | CHARLOTTE KESL FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

‘Cancer doesn’t care’: Citizen lobbyists unite to push past Washington’s ugly politics

When it comes to researching and treating cancer, party affiliations don't matter

Oct 21, 2025

CAHOOTS meeting in Eugene in April 2025.

Roughly 200 people gathered on April 10, 2025 at a town hall at the University of Oregon to discuss the value of CAHOOTS. | BRIAN BULL | KLCC

Willamette Valley Crisis Care seeks city support to recreate CAHOOTS in Eugene

Formed from former CAHOOTS workers, the new nonprofit hope to secure city funding to create a mobile intervention service to address the need on the streets

Oct 21, 2025

Rep. Maxine Dexter speaks at a town hall in March 2025

U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., speaks during a town hall held at the Federal Building in Portland, Ore., March 17, 2025. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF | OPB