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OREGON SECRETARY OF STATE SHEMIA FAGAN SPOKE WEDNESDAY ABOUT PROBLEMS AUDITORS FLAGGED IN THE STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM./SCREENSHOT BY BEN BOTKIN

Report: Improvements Needed To Address Opioid Crisis

The Oregon Health Authority has only fully followed four of 12 recommendations to improve the state prescription drug monitoring program, auditors found.

Jun 29, 2022
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY 72 PEOPLE DIED FROM HEAT ILLNESS DURING A MASSIVE HEATWAVE IN JUNE LAST YEAR./APRIL EHRLICH / OPB

One Year Since ‘Heat Dome,’ Portland Remembers Those Lost

Multnomah County officials also release final report on 2021′s heat-related deaths.

Jun 28, 2022

HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT SAMARITAN NORTH LINCOLN HOSPITAL IN LINCOLN CITY RALLY ON MAY 28, 2022 TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEIR NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW CONTRACT. THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 49, WHICH REPRESENTS 115 WORKERS AT THE HOSPITAL, ANNOUNCED A LABOR AGREEMENT ON MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2022./COURTESY PHOTO

Workers Ink Contract At Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital

New agreement gives raises to 115 workers providing health care and services at Lincoln City hospital.

Jun 28, 2022
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JAROSŁAW KWOCZAŁA/PIXABAY

Oregon Resources To Combat Heat Waves

Resources for residents, landlords and local government agencies to prepare for the next heat wave.

Jun 28, 2022

Protesters gather at the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, after a report that the court will overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion. | SHUTTERSTOCK

In Abortion Access Fight, Oregon’s Merger Law Is A Tool Unlike Any Other

Washington lawmakers want to emulate Oregon’s new health care merger law to preserve abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling.

Jun 28, 2022
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