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Measles virus.
The measles virus | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Measles spreads rapidly in Oregon, U.S.

Fresh off setting a 30-year high last year, the potentially deadly virus is on pace to triple that figure as vaccinations decline
Feb 5
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PeaceHealth's RiverBend campus in Springfield
PeaceHealth Oregon has announced it will not renew a long-standing contract with local Eugene Emergency Physicians to staff emergency departments in Springfield, Cottage Grove and Florence. The hospital system has opted for an Atlanta-based company instead. | TIFFANY ECKERT | KLCC

PeaceHealth to replace local emergency room doctors with out-of-state ApolloMD

The decision has sparked criticism from local providers, including 60 PeaceHealth hospitalists and nurses
Feb 5
Joan Brugge in her office at Harvard Medical School.
Joan Brugge in her office at Harvard Medical School. “I can't stop just because of these hardships that we're facing now,” Brugge says. “We all need to work hard to make a difference for cancer patients and their families. It affects everyone.” | ROBIN LUBBOCK/WBUR

NIH grant disruptions slow down breast cancer research

In April, a $7 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to Harvard was frozen, along with virtually all other federal money awarded to Harvard researchers. The Trump administration said it was withholding the funds over the university’s handling of antisemitism on campus.
Feb 5
America's physician workforce is aging.
America's physician workforce is aging. | KURHAN | DREAMSTIME

When the doctor needs a checkup

Some health organizations have responded to concerns about aging physicians by creating late-career practitioner programs that mandate screening older doctors for cognitive and physical deficits
Feb 5
Rhesus Macaque
A rhesus macaque monkey, the type of monkey used in medical experiments at OSHU's Oregon National Primate Research Center. | SANOYATRA/SHUTTESTOCK

OHSU begins likely phase-out of primate research center

The National Institutes of Health has offered potential help to transition the center away from animal research and into a sanctuary for its thousands of rhesus macaques.
Feb 4
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Skate shop owner Noah Hulsman chose a "bronze" plan with a high deductible.
Noah Hulsman, who owns a skate shop in Louisville, Kentucky, learned he no longer qualified for federal subsidies to help him pay for his “gold” Affordable Care Act health plan. So he opted for a bare-bones “bronze” plan, though the deductible is about a quarter of his yearly income. | LUKE SHARRETT FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS

When health insurance costs more than the mortgage

With the expiration of enhanced subsidies for health insurance, many consumers are forced to make hard choices
Feb 3
Julio Peña Jr. hugs his stepmother, Lydia Romero, outside an immigration detention facility in downtown Los Angeles as they try to get information about his father, Julio Cesar Peña.
Julio Peña Jr. hugs his stepmother, Lydia Romero, outside an immigration detention facility in downtown Los Angeles as they try to get information about his father, Julio Cesar Peña, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in front of his Glendale, California, home in December. | IMMIGRANT DEFENDERS LAW CENTER

‘I can’t tell you’: Attorneys, relatives struggle to find hospitalized ICE detainees

Hospitals are drawn into the transparency fight being waged between the families of detainees and the federal agencies that arrested them
Feb 3

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