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The Lund Report wins first-place awards in health and government reporting, writing

Regional Society of Professional Journalists contest featured competition from Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Washington

Jun 8, 2023

Man stands in driveway in front of pickup truck.

Ron Irby had an Optetrak artificial knee implanted in his right leg in September 2018. Most implants last 15 years or more, but Irby’s Optetrak implant, made by Exactech in Gainesville, Florida, wore out in 2021, according to a lawsuit he filed against the company. | MATT PENDLETON/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Thousands got Exactech knee or hip replacements. Then, patients say, the parts began to fail.

More than 1,100 patients have sued, with some claiming the company tried to conceal or delay problems before recalling artificial hips, knees and ankles

Oct 12, 2023

Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare walk-in clinic in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Behavioral Health Slammed By Worker Shortage In Oregon

Behavioral health care providers look for ways to recruit and retain talent as they seek to expand services.

Aug 10, 2021
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Oregon Health & Science University | MICHAEL MCDERMOTT/OHSU

Federal Officials Penalize 5 Oregon Hospitals For Patient Complications

Mar 5, 2019
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Illegal substances are part of addiction problem in Oregon, but alcohol is biggest killer

PROBLEM: Roughly one in five Oregonians has a substance use disorder

Mar 15, 2023

Melanie Gray Miller, a pediatric resident at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, says the practice of medicine has taught doctors to minimize work-related grief and trauma. “They want us to be proud of being resilient,” Miller says. “I don’t love that culture of medicine.” | GAVIN MCINTYRE/KFF HEALTH NEWS