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She says doctors ignored her concerns about her pregnancy; for black women, it’s a familiar story.

Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth, according to 2020 CDC data, the most recent available.

Dec 27, 2022

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ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

Most states, but not Oregon and Washington, ban the so-called corporate practice of medicine.

Dec 27, 2022

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As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

The federal government wants to make permanent a rule allowing certain patients to take home up to a 28-day supply of the addiction medication methadone, instead of going to a clinic for a daily dose.

Dec 27, 2022

The Oregon Health Authority's Salem headquarters. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Federal program grants $2 million to house Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS

Experts note a “strong connection” between health outcomes and stable housing.

Dec 27, 2022

Peer support specialists working for Malheur County offered Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug, to people stopping by a day shelter in Ontario on Oct. 13, 2022. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU to test if rewarding safer drug use reduces fatal overdoses in Oregon

Researchers have won a $3.17 million federal grant to test the effectiveness of offering rewards for engaging in harm reduction programs.

Dec 23, 2022
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She says doctors ignored her concerns about her pregnancy; for black women, it’s a familiar story.

ER doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them

As fentanyl use spikes, feds urge states to ease methadone rules

Federal program grants $2 million to house Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS

OHSU to test if rewarding safer drug use reduces fatal overdoses in Oregon

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