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Long-Running Case Involving Defendants And The Oregon State Hospital Back In Court

District attorneys are unhappy with a judge's order to discharge Oregon State Hospital patients within a certain timeline, as are hospitals that treat people for psychiatric conditions.

Nov 23, 2022

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At-Risk Oregonians Can Obtain Free COVID Medication At Home

Color Health will offer telehealth and phone sessions to some Oregonians, including those aged 65 and older and those with compromised immune systems.

Nov 17, 2022

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Lower-Income Oregon Veterans Can Sign Up For Free Dental

Rep. Cedric Hayden, R-Roseburg and a dentist, spearheaded the plan during the February legislative session.

Nov 8, 2022

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EMILY WITHNALL SAYS SHE HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF HER ILLNESS, BUT LINGERING SYMPTOMS OF LONG COVID ARE STILL PRESENT. CHRONIC FATIGUE IS WHAT PLAGUES HER THE MOST, SHE SAYS./GINO GUTIERREZ/STATES NEWSROOM

Millions Of Workers Are Dealing With Long COVID. Advocates Call For Expanding Social Safety Net.

Sixteen million people of working age in the U.S. suffer with long COVID and of those, from 2 to 4 million people were unemployed in June and July, according to a report.

Oct 31, 2022

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FDA, CDC Greenlight Updated Covid-19 Booster For Kids 5 To 11

The federal government on Wednesday expanded use of the new bivalent shots beyond people 12 and older.

Oct 13, 2022

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Federal Government Gives $23 Million To Oregon To Fight Opioid Epidemic

The money will be used for treatment and prevention of opioid and methamphetamine use, recovery, social services support, including housing, and supplies of the medication naloxone to reverse overdoses.

Sep 29, 2022

EMERGENCY ROOMS, LIKE THE ONE AT OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, ARE PACKED./CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS,OHSU/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Lack Of Staff In Hospitals Leads To Patient Deaths, Health Officials Say

Administrators say hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities lack thousands of staff, from primary care physicians and physician assistants to nurses and medical assistants.

Sep 24, 2022