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A New York company that markets itself as assisting people buying cheaper drugs from overseas sources is suing a Portland firm set up to block that kind of activity. Legitscript keeps losing in court rulings, but has asked U.S District Judge Michael Simon to reconsider his latest finding against it.

New research reveals just how critical the shortage of primary care providers is in Portland. And when access is limited, conditions go unmanaged, diagnoses are delayed, and emergency departments become a default solution, says an OHSU primary care doctor.

Also, OHSU faces a lawsuit over a recent data breach, and a plan to pause Oregon's health care cost-control program gets put on hold

New research led by Oregon Health & Science University shows that the city has a higher rate of primary care clinics that are owned by hospitals or health care systems and a higher share that won’t take patients on Medicare

Medications will be available to students only, not university staff or area residents.

A partisan divide continues over Kennedy’s vaccine rollback, while some states have created formal alliances to share health information

The White House has cooled on Kennedy’s aggressive policies to curb vaccines and MAHA’s interest in tamping down environmental chemicals that are linked to disease

Provider attrition and burnout lead to long waits, cancellations of appointments, shortened sessions, and conversion of one-on-one sessions to groups of as many as 35 veterans

An Atlanta-based firm set up a company in Oregon to try to comply with a new state law governing the practice of medicine, but lawmakers say it’s precisely the sort of arrangement they were trying to stop

As part of a congressional investigation, committee leaders sent letters to nine states, including Oregon. Defenders of the probe say they want to ensure proper spending, but critics say it's an effort to score political points at the expense of poor people.