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Washington Department of Health cuts hundreds of jobs as federal COVID funds run out

The elimination of the positions reflects a nationwide trend as pandemic aid expires

Jan 2, 2024

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Anti-tobacco advocates react as appeals court puts Multnomah County's flavored tobacco ban on hold

The county's ban was set to go into effect on Monday, Jan. 1

Jan 2, 2024
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Health care giant wants to buy locally-owned Corvallis Clinic chain

UnitedHealth Group would pay undisclosed sum for 11-clinic system

Jan 2, 2024
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Protest signs were placed by the Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center's entrance during a vigil for the birth center's closure on March 17, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

17 doctors at Legacy Health Portland-area women’s health clinics seek to unionize

The doctors have filed authorization cards to vote on joining the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association

Dec 29, 2023

Tents in downtown Portland on March 14, 2022. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Cluster of Shigella cases poses low risk to general public, Multnomah County officials say

There have been 45 cases of Shigella reported in the Tri-County area, including Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas, in December so far.

Dec 29, 2023

Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Judge extends discharge deadlines for Oregon State Hospital patients

Federal case keeps mentally ill people from getting stuck in jail without treatment, but local officials remain concerned

Dec 26, 2023
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Oregon Health & Science University violated labor law, agency finds

After nurse supervisor complained over being told to staff with a ‘fiscal lens,’ she faced investigation over her ‘tone.’

Dec 21, 2023
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Even without a pandemic, health care was wild in 2023

It was a year in which the health care community had hoped to recuperate. Instead, Oregon and southwest Washington saw major changes affecting workers, patients, insurers, state officials and health systems.

Dec 21, 2023

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Mysterious morel mushrooms at center of food poisoning outbreak

An investigation into a Montana-based outbreak that killed two people and sickened 51 found that undercooked or raw morels from a sushi restaurant were the likely culprit, spawning guidelines on preparing morels

Dec 21, 2023