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JEREMY VANDEHEY IS LEAVING THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY TO HEAD OREGON OPERATIONS FOR THE INSURER PACIFICSOURCE HEALTH PLANS./COURTESY PHOTO

Vandehey Leaving Oregon Health Authority

Vandehey served as the policy point person for the Oregon Health Authority after serving as an advisor to Gov. Kate Brown.
Jul 27, 2022
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People without insurance often use emergency rooms for health care which drives up costs. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

State Blasts Legacy Health's Challenge to Meal Break Rules

At stake is potentially more than $100 million in fines for Legacy, a Portland-based health system of six hospitals around the state, based on violations found by the state Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Jul 26, 2022
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CULTIVATE INITIATIVES CO-DIRECTOR Y’ISHIA ROSBOROUGH OF PORTLAND COOLS OFF WITH DOG “HADES” AT A COOLING STATION PUT ON BY CULTIVATE INITIATIVES AT SUNRISE CENTER IN PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 2021./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Multnomah County Officials Offer Cooling Shelters

Tuesday is expected to bring the hottest temperatures during this heat wave, when several places in the Willamette Valley could hit triple-digit temperatures.
Jul 26, 2022
COURTNEY BOGGS, A MEMBER OF THE CURE MITO FOUNDATION, WITH HUSBAND JACOB AND DAUGHTERS EMMA (LEFT) AND RILEY. EMMA, 6, WHO HAS LEIGH SYNDROME, CAN'T WALK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND EATS THROUGH A FEEDING TUBE. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN WORKING FOR A TREATMENT, BUT THE COMPANY IT PARTNERED WITH HAS PAUSED ITS WORK ON IT./RANDY BOGGS/KHN

Parents Become Drug Developers To Save Their Children’s Lives

Some families are forming their own biotech businesses to help their children, acting as drug developers to find treatments for ultra-rare diseases that affect 1,000 patients or fewer.
Jul 26, 2022

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