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Poetry to Grace Walls of New Hospital

Oregon Poetry Association assists in blind selection of original poems

Oct 23, 2012

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As Omicron Threatens To Overwhelm Oregon Hospitals, Officials Push Boosters

A projected surge from the omicron variant of COVID-19 represents “dire” news for Oregon hospitals, patients and health care workers.

Dec 17, 2021

Stanton Healthcare, headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, advertises a controversial and unregulated treatment that claims, without credible data, to reverse the effects of medication abortion. | COURTESY OF BRANDI SWINDELL

How to make a state abortion ban go national

Stanton Healthcare has been the driving force to test the boundaries of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, adding to chaos and uncertainty among Idahoans who need abortions

May 1, 2023

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Meth Has Changed, And It’s Sabotaging Oregon’s Mental Health System

In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and patients elsewhere are paying the price.

Aug 2, 2022

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Oregon study: COVID-19 vaccine not associated with cardiac deaths in healthy young people

A new study found no evidence of a potential complication of the COVID-19 vaccine — myocarditis — in cardiac deaths in the state

Apr 16, 2024

State Calls for Community Input to Craft Better Addictions and Mental Health Plan

The federal government requires Oregon to have a strategic behavioral health plan for how it will use block grants. The plan will also help the state comply with the U.S. Department of Justice while integrating the work of the CCOs to lay out how the state will get services to those who need them.

Jun 12, 2014

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