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Virginia Garcia medical services is trying to increase the vaccination rates of farmworkers. | VIRGINIA GARCIA

More Oregon Farmworkers Get Vaccinated As More Kids Get Sick

Concern for children amid the COVID-19 delta variant is contributing to a rising number of farmworker families getting vaccinated.

Sep 9, 2021

Governor Extends Mask Order To All Oregon Counties

Gov. Kate Brown's expanded mask order came after pressure from local health officials and advocates.

Jun 29, 2020

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When Mental Illness Leads To Dropped Charges, Patients Often Go Without Stabilizing Care

Even in states with programs to stabilize people with a serious mental illness, such as Oregon, treatment isn’t guaranteed.

Aug 4, 2022

Emily Savage and Michael Daher, who manage Myrtle Drugs in Myrtle Creek, told the House Behavioral Health and Health Care Committee during an online hearing on Jan. 24, 2023, that pharmacy benefit managers' business practices are destabilizing independent pharmacies. | SCREENGRABS VIA OLIS.OREGONLEGISLATURE.GOV/THE LUND REPORT

Drug supply companies squeezing pharmacies out of existence, Oregon lawmakers warn

Seven bills, featuring bipartisan support, aim to clamp down on pharmacy benefit managers.

Jan 26, 2023
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Oregon Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, presiding over the chamber on March 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Stacks of health care bills in limbo as stances harden in Salem

They include legislation impacting Measure 110, hospital staffing levels, the opioid crisis and CCOs

May 25, 2023

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in southwest Portland. | M.O. STEVENS/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Providence St. Vincent Nurses Vote To Authorize Strike

The potential walkout at the Portland hospital would be the first nurses’ strike for Providence Health & Services, the largest provider in Oregon.

May 5, 2022
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