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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford in June, 2024. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Asante withdraws request to buy surgery center in Medford

The Surgery Center of Southern Oregon, which as of last fall employed 85 employees, is closing by June 30. The center had been losing money and patients following the launch of a competing surgery center.
May 11
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The OHSU Knight Cancer Research Building in 2023. | COURTESY/CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS OF OHSU

Small Doses: OHSU cancer spinoff gets new leader

Also, State hospital fines hit new high, Oregon treatment provider pays $25k over data breach
Feb 5
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Hospital corridor blur
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Bill to curb immigration enforcement at hospitals sparks mixed response

With hospitals and safety net clinics opposing the legislation, Sen. WInsvey Campos said she is trying to find a compromise as providers say patients are losing access to needed care. Hospitals had been off-limits to ICE activity until the Trump administration killed that policy last year.
Feb 5
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A University of Utah clinic in Salt Lake City displays a sign warning about measles last year. Utah is among the states that already has more measles cases in 2026 than in all of 2025, when cases reached the highest annual level since 1991. | MCKENZIE ROMERO/UTAH NEWS DISPATCH

Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates

The number of measles cases this year, 1,983, is rapidly approaching the total for all of last year — which was the worst year for the infectious disease since 1991
Jun 2

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