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Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees To Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

Tens of thousands of times a year, hospitals charge enormously expensive trauma alert fees for injuries so minor the patient is never admitted.

Jul 19, 2021

St. Charles Health System in Bend. | COURTESY OF ST. CHARLES HEALTH

Jul 19, 2021
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Virginia Garcia medical services is trying to increase the vaccination rates of farmworkers. | VIRGINIA GARCIA

For migrant farmworkers, outreach and mobile clinics are key to increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates and overcoming hesitancy.

Jul 19, 2021
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A screengrab from Joe Smothers Facebook Live.

Fights between the Proud Boys and counterdemonstrators broke out during an event outside the health clinic Tuesday evening, police said.

Jul 15, 2021

ZoomCare opened a new clinic in Eugene. | ZOOMCARE

Torben Nielsen, who led the company’s expansion for two years is gone, replaced by veteran executive Jeffrey Fee.

Jul 15, 2021
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