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Flu infections in Southern Oregon are the highest in the state this season

Officials point to an increase in emergency department visits for flu-like symptoms, especially among children

Jan 2, 2024

Kenny Benton during a court appearance in January. A Clatsop County Judge found Benton to be currently unable to aid and assist with his own criminal trial. | KGW

With lack of options in Oregon, some wait for weeks for mental health treatment

With the Oregon State Hospital at capacity, Oregon lacks mental health care options for people who can't assist with their own trials.

Feb 1, 2023

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Heat waves are hitting Oregon’s oldest population the hardest

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.

Aug 20, 2024

A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing Bobby Smallwood, a security officer for Legacy Health, sit outside the Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he was killed during a confrontation on July 30, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon lawmakers seek stiffer charges for assaults on hospital workers

Many states consider assaults on medical workers a felony, but efforts to follow suit in Salem have foundered on civil rights concerns

Oct 26, 2023
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Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, speaks at a bill signing event in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 15, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon hospital leader Becky Hultberg talks unions, finances and emerging from COVID

As hospitals across the state face unprecedented challenges, the industry group CEO sits down to discuss an uncertain future

Sep 14, 2023
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Independent Santiam hospital seeks to join Samaritan Health Services

Nonprofit Stayton hospital would merge into Corvallis chain

May 23, 2024
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Providence Milwaukie Hospital. | PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES

SEIU Questions Hospital Billing Practices

The union representing health care workers says hospitals throughout Oregon fail to comply with state laws for charity and billing.

Oct 12, 2022
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A view of OHSU's South Waterfront campus from its main campus on Marquam Hill. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici join OHSU scientists to raise alarms over medical research cuts, others

A Trump administration effort to trim existing medical grants would carve as much as $80 million from Oregon Health & Science University, block life-saving research and cost jobs, critics say. Members of Oregon's congressional delegation want the public to speak out.

Feb 14

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