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Wyden calls on FDA to ignore expected court decision to ban abortion pills nationally

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said a federal ruling banning access to mifepristone would not be legitimate.

Feb 17

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Portland pharmacy Pharmaca suddenly closes, leaving customers scrambling

Once widespread, independent pharmacies are disappearing from many areas of the country, leaving many Americans without easy access to pharmacies.

Feb 16

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One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home

A handful of states and counties are testing ways to provide urgent mental care outside the ER and reduce hospital boarding.

Feb 16

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What if we could 3D print new organs?

Oregon scientists are 3D printing their way to a healthier future for us all.

Feb 16

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Steak dinners, sales reps and risky procedures: Inside the big business of clogged arteries

Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device company, allegedly “groomed” doctors to overuse its vascular products in patients at a veterans’ hospital.

Feb 16

Paul Davis is a retired physician in Findlay, Ohio, who calls his uveal melanoma “one of the rarest tumors on the planet.” The rare eye cancer requires $50,000-a-week drug treatments to keep Davis alive, and he worries that cost may saddle his family with a crushing medical debt when he’s gone. | MADDIE MCGARVEY/KHN

Your money or your life: Patient on $50,000-a-week cancer drug fears leaving behind huge medical debt

Prices for cancer drugs have soared to from less than $10,000 annually in the 1990s to more than $200,000 today, expert says.

Feb 16

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Oregon bill would ban therapists from trying to change a person’s sexual orientation

Bill would expand ban on attempting conversion therapy with people of any age.

Feb 16

Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health. | PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC

Critics, backers emerge on Adventist plan to absorb Mid-Columbia Medical Center

Adventist Health’s proposal to absorb the financially strapped Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles has sparked numerous comments, including fierce support and opposition.

Feb 16
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State prepares to take 300,000 people off Oregon Health Plan as pandemic measures end

Officials expect difficulty in reaching members of the Medicaid-funded program after a three-year pause in eligibility checks.

Feb 16
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Meth, fentanyl fuel record number of deaths among homeless people in Multnomah County

The 193 deaths among people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County in 2021 amounted to a 53% increase over the previous record set in 2020.

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Wyden calls on FDA to ignore expected court decision to ban abortion pills nationally

Portland pharmacy Pharmaca suddenly closes, leaving customers scrambling

One state looks to get kids in crisis out of the ER — and back home

What if we could 3D print new organs?

Steak dinners, sales reps and risky procedures: Inside the big business of clogged arteries

Your money or your life: Patient on $50,000-a-week cancer drug fears leaving behind huge medical debt

Oregon bill would ban therapists from trying to change a person’s sexual orientation

Critics, backers emerge on Adventist plan to absorb Mid-Columbia Medical Center

State prepares to take 300,000 people off Oregon Health Plan as pandemic measures end

Meth, fentanyl fuel record number of deaths among homeless people in Multnomah County

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