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Trump’s team cited safety in limiting covid shots. Patients, health advocates see more risk.

Vinay Prasad, a former OHSU doctor who now leads the FDA’s division overseeing vaccines, cited “distrust of the American public” when issuing the new guidelines

May 27

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Programs for women and children brace for the biggest impact from GOP tax bill

Deep cuts to Medicaid programs assisting the poorest Americans will offset ongoing tax cuts, largely for corporations and wealthier Americans

May 27

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Republicans aim to punish states like Oregon that insure unauthorized immigrants

Advocates argue it saves money to provide the insurance, but unless those states roll back the benefits, Republicans plan to slash billions in Medicaid reimbursements

May 27

OHSU researchers unveil a new approach to treating malaria, starting with killing the parasite that causes the disease in mosquitos. | CHRISTINE TORRES HICKS/OHSU

Malaria researchers at OHSU announce breakthrough that could save untold lives

Researcher cites federal funding, now under threat from the Trump administration, as making ‘every difference’ in their work

May 22
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A student puts their phone away at Harmony Academy in Lake Oswego in this 2023 file photo. A proposed policy to ban cell phone use in Oregon schools did not clear a key Senate committee on Wednesday. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF / OPB

A bill to ban cellphones in Oregon schools is dead

Lawmakers couldn’t find agreement, but speculated Gov. Tina Kotek would act with an executive order

May 22

An advertisement for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s 988 hotline at the Shaw-Howard University subway station in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2023. | ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS

White House budget proposals send mixed messages on health care, addiction

Administration officials argue that budget proposals will improve the way behavioral health is treated, but advocates fear the opposite will be true

May 22

Page Campbell in the hospital after her surgery

Page Campbell, of Charleston, South Carolina, underwent weight loss surgery in April. Campbell also injects a GLP-1 prescription medication weekly for the treatment of obesity, in addition to prioritizing protein intake and physical movement. | ANDREW WHITAKER/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Some states offer costly Medicaid coverage the House bill doesn't cover: GLP-1s for obesity

The popular weight-loss drugs are offered as a benefit in 14 states, but looming Medicaid cuts could have states rethinking as they look to reduce costs

May 22

U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. | LOUIS VELAZQUEZ/UNSPLASH

Most likely to be hurt by Medicaid work requirements: Poor, middle-aged, and older women

Data analysis finds that a requirement aimed at young, able-bodied men and women will instead affect a much different group of people

May 22

Dr. Kyle Patton with the Shasta Community Health Center HOPE program's mobile medical van on April 10, 2025. | JANE VAUGHAN/JPR

No hospital, no home: Medical respite steps in where systems fall short

Many homeless people are finding themselves in a sort of medical in-between: not sick enough for the hospital, but not well enough to take care of themselves on the streets. Medical respite programs are trying to fill this gap.

May 22

Samaritan protester birth center closure

Residents and health care professionals rally in Corvallis May 21 to protest the possible closure of two birth centers by Samaritan Health Services. | OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION

Nurses, U.S. lawmakers urge Samaritan not to close maternity services in Lebanon and Lincoln City

Samaritan Health Services is considering closing a birthing center in Lebanon and maternity ward in Lincoln City over rising costs and sagging revenue

May 21
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