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More than a dozen states this year, including Oregon, have passed laws regulating AI in health care

Reductions in the state's low-income health care program are forcing Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties to contemplate eliminating the bulk of their staffing for programs intended to help the severely mentally ill. The cuts are not related to federal cuts expected to take effect in later years.

A heat wave that struck Oregon in July caused the deaths of at least 16 Oregonians, according to the state medical examiner's office. All but two of those people were over the age of 50.

Citing a desire for consensus and to see how things go elsewhere, State Sen. Deb Patterson has dropped plans this session to follow the lead of some other states and authorize caps on excessive pharmaceutical prices charged to insurers and government payers

Costs are going up as private equity firms purchase behavioral health providers, OHSU researchers say, reflecting a similar trend across health care

Oregon’s “Momnibus” legislative package looks to improve outcomes through multiple supports, including expanding access to doulas