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Staff in the intensive care unit at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland on Aug. 19, 2021. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Omicron’s Arrival In Oregon Has Researchers Warning Of New COVID-19 Wave

Researchers at OHSU emphasize the importance of booster shots to fight the new variant.

Dec 16, 2021

Tents line a street in inner Southeast Portland on Feb.14, 2021. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Meth ‘A Significant Factor’ Among Homeless Deaths In Multnomah County Last Year

The drug’s role in deaths among people experiencing homelessness has been growing for a decade.

Dec 15, 2021

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State Auditors Flag Questionable Oregon Health Plan Billing

Their report urges safeguards to prevent bogus Medicaid billing during hospital stays.

Dec 15, 2021

Oregon Health & Science University Center for Health and Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood, July 2020. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses Oregon Health & Science University Of Discriminatory Discipline

Suit on behalf of more than 1,100 current and former OHSU employees seeks policy changes, back pay.

Dec 14, 2021
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THE HELEN R. WALTON CHILDREN’S ENRICHMENT CENTER IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, ELIMINATED OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED EXPOSURES TO SIX MAJOR CLASSES OF CHEMICALS WHEN ITS NEW CAMPUS OPENED IN 2019./SADIE OLDEBEKEN/HELEN R. WALTON CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT CENTER

Cancer Cases In Kids Are Rising. Some Experts Blame Toxic Chemicals.

While death rates for childhood cancer victims are going down, incidence rates are going up. Are environmental exposures at fault?

Dec 14, 2021

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