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MICHELLE FULLINGTON HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER SNACKS FOR STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE'S BEEN LIVING DUE TO HER DAUGHTER'S HEALTH ISSUES./COURTESY OF MICHELLE FULLINGTON/MEDICAL MOTHERHOOD

Mother Living In Hospital Finds A Way To Help During COVID Surge

Nurses say they are at their breaking point and would love public support.

Oct 7, 2021

ANTHEM WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN INDIANAPOLIS IN 2016./JONATHAN WEISS/SHUTTERSTOCK

Major Insurers Running Billions Of Dollars Behind On Payments To Hospitals And Doctors

Hospitals are in a pinch following a spike in retroactive claim denials and delayed payments from big insurers.

Oct 7, 2021

A critical care nurse at OHSU gets a COVID-19 vaccine. | JOSH ANDERSEN/OHSU

Unvaccinated Oregon Nurses Could Face Sanctions From Licensing Board

Oregon State Board of Nursing to consider a temporary rule that would allow regulatory action against nurses without a COVID-19 vaccination.

Oct 6, 2021
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WORKERS STRIKE TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 2021 AT THE MCKENZIE-WILLAMETTE MEDICAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD./CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

McKenzie-Willamette Workers Stage Two-Day Strike

SEIU Local 49 members protest move by Springfield hospital to outsource about 100 jobs to a Texas-based staffing company.

Oct 5, 2021
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PAMELA WINN, A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRAINING, WAS PREGNANT WHEN INCARCERATED IN 2008. AFTER A MISCARRIAGE, SHE WAS PUT INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS TOLD WAS MEDICAL OBSERVATION. THAT EIGHT MONTHS IN SOLITARY SCARRED HER FOR LIFE, SHE SAYS./KATJA RIDDERBUSCH/KHN

Solitary Confinement Condemns Many Prisoners To Long-Term Health Issues

At the height of the pandemic last year, up to 300,000 incarcerated individuals were in solitary, according to estimates.

Oct 5, 2021

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