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The FTC is attacking drugmakers’ ‘patent thickets’

The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents in an effort to increase competition and lower prices

Feb 1, 2024

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Oregon has huge shortage of treatment beds, consultant finds

Despite recent investments of more than $1.5 billion into Oregon’s behavioral health system, the state falls far short of what it needs to meet demand for treatment, according to a new report

Feb 1, 2024
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Feds sue again alleging unnecessary spine surgeries in Washington

Doctor accused saw numerous Oregon patients, according to court records

Jan 30, 2024
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Jon and Jennifer Epstein look at photos from their son, Cal's, memorial inside his bedroom on Jan. 24, 2023. Cal died from an accidental drug overdose in December 2020 after he unknowingly took a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Opinion: Oregon lawmakers must include youth prevention in drug policy proposals

As state legislators debate changes to Measure 110, parent and youth advocate Jon Epstein urges them to consider upstream measures and youth treatment needs in their legislation

Jan 30, 2024

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Where are the nation’s primary care providers? It’s not an easy answer

Federal data on primary care shortages is flawed, and it's unclear if efforts to fix the problem are bearing fruit

Jan 30, 2024

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Oregon lawmakers try again on pharmacy benefit manager regulations

The new bill seeks to address concerns from municipal governments that helped sink it last time

Jan 30, 2024
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Portland Fire Chief: Ambulance shortage puts lives at risk

Fire Chief Ryan Gillespie is calling on Multnomah County to change its required ambulance staffing ratio

Jan 30, 2024
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Devin Hall, 25, and Alicia Jacobs, 38, outside their tent in Marion Square Park in Salem on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Amid the pain of addiction, few pin their hopes on the government

Oregon politicians want to empower police to make arrests for drug possession again to encourage treatment, but people on the streets say recovery is a choice

Jan 30, 2024

Woman hold pro-choice signs in protest at nation's capital.

A reproductive rights protest in Washington D.C. on Oct. 2, 2021. | SHUTTERSTOCK

U.S. Supreme Court schedules March 26 oral arguments in abortion pill access case

Mifepristone, used in combination with a second pharmaceutical called misoprostol, accounts for more than half of abortions in the United States Doctors also prescribe the two-drug regimen for treatment following a miscarriage.

Jan 29, 2024