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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Oregon becomes 3rd in nation to seek federal approval for a basic health program

OHA advisors say yes to free health care for adults at 138-200% of the poverty level

Sep 13, 2023

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Oregon nurses say carry naloxone, save a life

The opioid overdose-reversing drug is good to have on hand in case of emergency, say nurses at OHSU

Sep 5, 2023

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Oregon kids return to school — and the festival of viruses begins

Health care providers say Oregonians have more options to minimize the consequences of an infection with one of the big three: COVID-19, RSV and influenza

Aug 31, 2023

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Baker City, Oregon. | KEN LUND, CC BY-SA 2.0

Baker City hospital to close only maternity ward for miles

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City will close its maternity ward in an increasingly common cost-saving measure for rural hospitals

Jun 29, 2023

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Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center on Monday, June 19 as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

The Providence nurse strike has ended, but the fight over health care working conditions roars on

Jun 24, 2023

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Oregon governor tables liquor fee increase

The increase was intended to curb drinking and would have funded addiction treatment

Jun 13, 2023

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Abortion pills. | PHOTO BY VALASIURUA/WIKI COMMONS

Abortion pills are being challenged in federal court, but how do they work?

Medication abortion has become the most common and safest method of abortion in recent years. Here’s how it works.

May 16, 2023

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What Oregonians need to know about the Medicaid income verification starting this month

Oregon is processing eligibility redeterminations for all 1.5 million Oregon Health Plan and Children’s Health Insurance members, and it’s a process fraught with challenges

Apr 6, 2023

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People in rural communities have higher incidents of overdoses, alcohol related deaths and suicides, than those living in more urban areas. Suicide risks are particularly high for men working in fishing, farming and ranching industries. | EMILY CURETON COOK/OPB

In rural Oregon, there’s a higher need for mental health care, but few options

OPB concludes its series on holes in the mental health system with a look at the stresses and wider lack of mental health services in rural Oregon

Mar 21, 2023

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Patients fill in their answers to the prompt, “I dream to someday…” in a hallway at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, March 8, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Oregon doesn’t have enough treatment or housing for people with mental illness

OPB takes a look at two profound problems in Oregon’s mental health care system, as well as two promising solutions

Mar 16, 2023