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Ebola outbreak prompts biohazard discussion with Larry Mullins taking the lead.

At the same time, the Senate Health Committee held off a push from the Oregon Dental Association to give dentists the ability to administer shots. Both bills are designed to counteract Oregon’s drop in vaccination rates by improving access.

California and New Jersey have banned the practice with legislation, which aims to turn LGBT people straight. The therapy has been widely disavowed by professional organizations as not only ineffective but dangerous but it remains in practice nonetheless.

When health system executives tout the benefits of acquiring hospitals or physician groups, they often say the combined entity will benefit consumers and insurers by improving health care quality and reducing costs.