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Three influenza A (H5N1/bird flu) virus particles. The image incorporates two CDC transmission electron micrographs that have been inverted, repositioned and colorized by NIAID. | COURTESY/CDC AND NIAID VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Why Oregonians should care, but not panic, about bird flu

Experts, including those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stress that the current risk to the general public is low. However, flu viruses can evolve, and the CDC rates the bird flu’s potential to adapt for sustained human-to-human transmission as “moderate.

Dec 19, 2024

Brick hospital building with road going under sky bridge

Salem Health Salem Hospital. | BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT

Salem Health, Regence point fingers as 30,000 lose access

The two sides appear far apart as Salem Health seeks a major increase to cover recent inflation and Regence offers far less

Jan 9
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OHSU Chills Spending Ahead of State Cuts and Uncertainty about the ACA

Oregon Health & Science University is holding off on discretionary spending and hiring as “prudent cost containment” in anticipation of state Medicaid cuts and “uncertain times ahead” during the Trump administration, President Joe Robertson told the OHSU board of directors yesterday.

Jan 27, 2017