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Experts Differ On How To Fix Mental Health Care In Oregon

Oregon’s mental health system is in a crisis. But should the state focus on preventive care? Provide more therapy sessions? Add hospital beds?

May 29, 2020
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Analysis: We Knew The Coronavirus Was Coming, Yet We Failed 5 Critical Tests

May 11, 2020

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COURTESY OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

Always The Bridesmaid, Public Health Rarely Spotlighted Until It’s Too Late

May 4, 2020

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More Than 500 Oregon Health Leaders Declare Climate Change A Public Health Emergency

Feb 4, 2020

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The Lund Report's Meth Epidemic special project on OPB

Lynne Terry, editor of The Lund Report, was recently on OPB’s Think Out Loud to discuss a big problem in Oregon that's been hidden—meth use.

Jul 24, 2019

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LEE MYUNGSEONG

Oregon Wedding A Nasty Affair For 100-Plus

Apr 15, 2019

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Patients who contract measles, a highly contagious disease, develop a skin rash. | WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Two Children Infected With Measles In Portland Area

Jan 4, 2019

In Oregon, End-of-Life Wishes Are Just A Click Away

Oct 11, 2017

Nursing Home Disaster Plans Often Faulted As ‘Paper Tigers’

It does not take a hurricane to put nursing home residents at risk when disaster strikes. Around the country, facilities have been caught unprepared for far more mundane emergencies than the hurricanes that recently struck Florida and Houston, according to an examination of federal inspection records. Those homes rarely face severe reprimands, records show, even when inspectors identify repeated lapses.

Sep 20, 2017

Democrats Unite, But What Happened To ‘Medicare For All’?

Jul 13, 2016