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Court Temporarily Blocks Oregon's Flavored Vape Ban

Oct 17, 2019

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Kaiser Permanente dental assistant Lisa Pharmeter waves at cars honking in support of union members who are rallying for higher pay and more jobs in Vancouver, Washington. | MOLLY SOLOMON/OPB

Kaiser Permanente Starts 2 Days Of Bargaining To Avoid Strike

Sep 23, 2019

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DR. CATHY MARKIN WROTE ABOUT HER INVESTIGATION OF A WOMANWHO SUFFERED LIPOID PNEUMONIA AFTER VAPIN IN 2012./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

Portland Research Shows Vaping Illness May Not Be New

Sep 23, 2019

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THE CDC IS WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO VAPE WHILE AN INVESTIGATION FIGURES OUT WHY SIX PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND 450 SICKENED AFTER VAPING./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

Lawmakers Say Health Agencies Fail To Act Swiftly On Vaping Problems

Sep 11, 2019

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HOPEWELL HOUSE HOSPICE, WHICH OPENED 28 YEARS AGO, IS CLOSING./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPBJPG

A Legacy Health Hospice In Portland Is Closing

Aug 28, 2019

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KELLY HOWARD ATTENDS A RECENT STATE MEETING ON TREATING CHRONIC PAIN. TO AVOID EXACERBATING HER PAIN, SHE LIES ON THE FLOOR AT THE BACK AND BRINGS HER SUPPORT DOG, KENTA./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

Oregon Does U-Turn On Opioid Tapering

May 24, 2019

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Oregon Becomes 1st State To Allow Dentists To Offer Any Vaccine

May 8, 2019

New Case Of Measles Turns Up In Marion County

Mar 14, 2019

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Oregon Takes 1st Major Step Toward Legalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms

The Oregon Psilocybin Society hopes to get a measure on the ballot in 2020.

Dec 5, 2018

Study: Urban/Rural Divide Narrows If Patients Get Same Treatment

Researchers at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle found that patients enrolled in the same study have similar outcomes -- regardless where they live.

Aug 20, 2018