Nationally, rates of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder are up among non-college-attending young adults and use is up slightly among students
Aug 15, 2023
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visits with U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in a roundtable discussion in Portland about preventing youth overdoses from fentanyl. Bonamici is planning legislation that would make a prevention curriculum available nationwide in schools.
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BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE
The May 30 breach happened through the state’s coordinated care organizations and included identifying and health record information
Aug 2, 2023
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Chris Edwards (front left) and Saihou Suwaneh, two Oregon Department of Human Services workers, participate in a picket in front of the agency’s headquarters in Salem on March 9, 2023.
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BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE
Department of Human Services workers who care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities say their workplaces are unsafe and that they’re burned out
Jul 25, 2023
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U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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LOUIS VELAZQUEZ/UNSPLASH
Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. Sara Jacobs of California spearheaded the letter to the Health and Human Services secretary
Jul 25, 2023
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Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Ore.
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COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Congress is considering the Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance (PASTEUR) Act, which would change how the U.S. approaches antibiotics