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Oregon bill would ban therapists from trying to change a person’s sexual orientation

Bill would expand ban on attempting conversion therapy with people of any age.

Feb 16, 2023

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State prepares to take 300,000 people off Oregon Health Plan as pandemic measures end

Officials expect difficulty in reaching members of the Medicaid-funded program after a three-year pause in eligibility checks. 

Feb 16, 2023
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Miranda Campos, 9, closes her eyes as she receives an immunization at a catch-up vaccination clinic held at McDaniel High School in Northeast Portland on Feb. 8, 2023. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF / OPB

With Oregon schools’ deadline looming, pop-up clinics get kids immunized

As a Feb. 15 deadline nears, Oregon’s overall school-age vaccination rate lags behind the national average.

Feb 14, 2023

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Therapists at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, were able to adapt lessons to telehealth services during the pandemic, helping the children and caregivers alike continue receiving services. Tobi Maracle, the mother of three children in an Anishinaabe-Mohawk family, says the use of telehealth services has given her family more time to be together. | /PHOTO COURTESY OF TOBI MARACLE

Telehealth offers boost to children with developmental needs

A recent growth in telehealth is bringing new options to remote Indigenous communities.

Jan 12, 2023

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Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health and Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood, July 2020. | SHUTTERSTOCK

More Native, underrepresented groups enroll at OHSU’s med school

New national data shows other medical schools have struggled to recruit Native students.

Jan 5, 2023
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She says doctors ignored her concerns about her pregnancy; for black women, it’s a familiar story.

Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth, according to 2020 CDC data, the most recent available.

Dec 27, 2022

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An employee of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services helps a consumer pick a health care plan on the federal online health insurance marketplace. | DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES

Financials Work For Low-Income ‘Bridge’ Health Plan, State Panel Says

The new plan is meant to maintain coverage gains from the pandemic, but its low reimbursement rates may be a problem.

Dec 1, 2022
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Racial Disparities In Lung Cancer Start With Research

Researchers are concerned about the lack of diverse representation in the clinical studies.

Dec 1, 2022

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GLORIA SANCHEZ KEETH, CLINIC MANAGER WITH MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL, AND DENTIST THIEN-Y HOANG WORK ON A PATIENT INSIDE THE MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC AT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SALEM ON OCT. 22, 2022./BRIAN HAYES/STATESMAN JOURNAL

How To Access Free Mobile Medical, Dental Care In Oregon, Washington

The ‘Care and Connect’ Program provides essential care to communities at mobile clinics.

Nov 10, 2022

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Abortion Issue Helps Limit Democrats’ Losses in Midterms

Backlash over the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn 49 years of abortion rights helped buck a historical trend.

Nov 10, 2022