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Lawmakers Blast Oregon Health Authority Over Rural Hospitals In ‘Freefall’

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A month after Oregon’s first COVID-19 case was confirmed, state medical officials say the worst of t

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Elon Glucklich and Ben Botkin

Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays And Uncertainty As Coronavirus Cripples Hospitals

The federal government has encouraged health centers to delay nonessential surgeries while weighing the severity of patients’ conditions and the availability of personal protective

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Will Stone

Coronavirus Fallout Affects Family Planning

The coronavirus pandemic has affected family planning, forcing some people to delay fertility treatments. Fertility providers have laid off staff and cut back on non-urgent treatments to preserve personal protective equipment like masks and gloves. And travel restrictions have further crimped revenues by keeping international patients from flying to the United States for treatment.

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Ben Botkin

Mysterious Heart Damage, Not Just Lung Troubles, Befalling COVID-19 Patients

While the focus of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on respiratory problems and securing enough ventilators, doctors on the front lines are grappling with a new medical mystery.

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Markian Hawryluk

The Oregonian/OregonLive/Oregon State Hospital Staff Member Tests Postive For Coronavirus

A staff member at the Oregon State Hospital has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Friday.

The Oregon Health Authority did not report at which facility the staff member worked, when the positive case was discovered or whether other staff members had been tested.

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Kale Williams

The Oregonian/OregonLive: Coronavirus Breakout Closes Kaiser Westside Pharmacy, 7 Staffers Diagnosed Positive

Seven pharmacy employees at the Kaiser Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

Kaiser Permanente confirmed the seven employees’ illness today and closed the pharmacy -- the same day The Oregonian/OregonLive inquired about the novel coronavirus breakout.

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Jeff Manning

COVID-19 Could Lead To 1.3 Million In Oregon On Medicaid, Study Says

Depending on the severity of the economic crisis induced by coronavirus, as many as 430,000 Oregonians could lose their employer-sponsored health plans in coming months, and most of those people – 320,000 – would turn to the Oregon Health Plan, the state’s version of Medicaid for low-income residents, a new report forecasts.

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Christian Wihtol

Oregon Medicaid Faces Potential Explosion In Demand

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Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is likely to hit Oregon’s Medicaid program.

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Christian Wihtol

Medicaid Mental Health Providers See Spike In Demand

The rising number of coronavirus cases reported across Oregon each day is saddling hospitals with unparalleled levels of demand for patient care, bed space and medical supplies.

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Elon Glucklich

Pandemic Could Change Health Care, Experts Say

The health care system has changed rapidly to respond to the coronavirus.

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