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Study: Nearly half of people using opioids in rural areas were recently incarcerated

Oregon Health & Science University author of national study says jails have an opportunity to treat drug addiction

Nov 11, 2023

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New drug to protect young children from common respiratory infection in short supply

With RSV cases on the rise, officials say people may want to adopt COVID-style precautions around newborns

Nov 9, 2023

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Health authority warns of uptick in cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox

Seventeen cases were reported between July 20 and Oct. 31, nearly double the nine cases reported between Jan. 1 and July 20

Nov 8, 2023

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Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Ore. | COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Report: Abortions up nationwide post-Dobbs, soared in some states

Oregon, which has the nation’s strongest laws protecting abortion access, saw a modest increase

Oct 31, 2023

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A critical care nurse at OHSU receives a vaccine during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. | COURTESY OHSU

Oregon’s Medicaid renewal process boots eligible children, adults off the plan

At least several thousand were affected while thousands of others who don’t qualify for Medicaid will keep their insurance

Oct 31, 2023

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Oregon State Capitol in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon lawmakers start trying to tackle state’s addiction crisis

The fentanyl crisis touches every part of the state, public health officials told lawmakers on Wednesday

Oct 19, 2023

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Oregon lawmakers prep to tackle drug addiction in 2024 session

The legislative committee will look at the addiction crisis from a wider perspective than Measure 110 alone

Oct 17, 2023

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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum talks with an official from Planned Parenthood before a news conference about the abortion pill on Sunday, March 12, 2023. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Ellen Rosenblum, other attorneys general urge Supreme Court to preserve abortion pill access

A coalition of 24 Democratic attorneys general filed a brief with the Supreme Court urging it to reverse a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling making it harder for patients to access mifepristone

Oct 17, 2023

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Sarah Holland, a director at Portland-based Central City Concern, (right) speaks about housing and health care with Oregon Medicaid director Dana Hittle (middle) and Marin Arreola, a member of the Governor’s Racial Justice Council. The group spoke about Oregon’s Medicaid expansion at CCO Oregon’s annual conference about health care in Salem. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon health leaders warn of bumpy start for expanded Medicaid system

Oregon’s new Medicaid plan will offer people help with housing and food as state faces homelessness crisis

Oct 6, 2023

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Calli Ross tends to her disabled 8-year-old son, Tensy, after watching the Oregon Senate in the Capitol on Friday, June 23, 2023. Having a disability can qualify children for Medicaid. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITOL CHRONICLE

Did Oregon children eligible for Medicaid lose coverage?

State health officials are checking to see whether kids in the state have been wrongly kicked off the free health care as they have been elsewhere

Oct 4, 2023