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A doctor visits an elderly patient. | MARC ST. GIL, PUBLIC DOMAIN, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Florida-based bid to take over Housecall Providers under state review

Years of losses by the home-based primary care and hospice provider had become too much for CareOregon, its nonprofit parent, to offset

Jun 2
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Data shows record low compliance from Oregon families with kindergarten vaccine requirements

While most Oregon families still vaccinate their children against such diseases as measles, about one-third of Oregon schools have vaccination rates below herd immunity levels

Jun 2

Karleigh McClain of Hendersonville, Tennessee, signed up for a membership with a telehealth company in January so that she could start taking a GLP-1 drug for weight loss. Within 24 hours of injecting her first dose, she was admitted to the hospital. | ARIELLE WEENONIA GRAY/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Telehealth booms as demand for GLP-1s surges and questions mount about safety, oversight

Medication errors involving GLP-1 drugs for weight loss are growing as telehealth companies increasingly are helping meet the exploding demand for them, and some say more oversight is needed

Jun 2

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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Oregon gets federal boost to help stabilize maternity care in rural areas

With federal approval and matching funds, the state will begin distributing millions in one-time money to prevent future closures in communities short on services

May 28
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Sale of largest Oregon provider of pediatric in-home care to Texas company wins state approval

Texas-based Therapy2000, which is owned by a private equity firm, is buying KidsCare, a for-profit that mostly serves children on the Oregon Health Plan, the state's version of Medicaid

May 28
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Bats infected with rabies detected in Deschutes, Douglas counties

While very rare, rabies is a serious viral disease that can spread through the saliva of an infected animal. Here's what to know if you encounter a sick animal.

May 28

Elizabeth Rowe, left, and her sister, Emily Waldorf, at Waldorf’s office in Fayetteville, Arkansas | KATHLEEN FLYNN FOR PROPUBLICA

She faced a life-threatening miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ abortion ban, even calls to the governor’s office didn’t help.

After days of delay, she received lifesaving care at a hospital in another state. While Texas has permitted limited exemptions to its abortion ban to protect the life of the mother, other states with bans, such as Arkansas, have not.

May 28

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Oregon nurses union continues to boost membership, clout

The powerful union has gained 620 new members at Providence since January as new contract talks with the health system loom next year. Mixed results from a strike last year — Oregon's largest ever— could spell tensions ahead with the state's largest operator of hospitals.

May 28
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Nurse convicted in patient’s death turns fatal drug error into a cautionary tale

In paid speaking engagements, former nurse RaDonda Vaught details the mistakes that ultimately led to the death of a patient

May 28

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