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One of the University District PeaceHealth hospital buildings on 11th Avenue and Alder Street that will be acquired by Bushnell University, pictured on Aug. 26, 2025. | GABRIELLA SGRO/KLCC

Bushnell University to acquire PeaceHealth buildings for expanded nursing program

University president Womack said the initiative is aimed at increasing the amount of graduate students they can admit into their nursing programs

Aug 28, 2025

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US Health and Human Services agency orders states to strip gender from sex ed

Oregon and other states were notified this week they have until Oct. 27 to rewrite curriculum to conform to the administration's agenda or risk losing federal funds

Aug 28, 2025

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Blue states that sued kept most CDC grants, while red states feel brunt of Trump clawbacks

The polarization that permeates health care issues, in which access to safety-net health programs, abortion rights, and the ability of public health officials to respond to disease threats, diverge significantly depending on the political party in power

Aug 28, 2025

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Anti-abortion groups have a new strategy to end telehealth abortion

Abortion opponents argue that telehealth abortion is making it easier to force people to have an abortion. Experts say the real picture of reproductive coercion looks quite different.

Aug 28, 2025

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Multnomah County suspects at least one death linked to latest heat wave

A man found dead in Portland is the third suspected heat-related death this month in the region

Aug 26, 2025

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Rep. Rob Nosse warns of risks if Oregon's Medicaid care system unravels

Organizations charged to direct care in the state's Medicaid plan are considering pulling out of the program entirely, raising the alarm among state health officials and lawmakers

Aug 26, 2025

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Opinion: Advocates should dig into the numbers to make universal health work

Business consultant says extending care and eliminating waste and fragmentation through single-payer is more likely to happen when single-payer advocates roll up their sleeves to tackle the complexity

Aug 26, 2025
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Gutted: How deeply Trump has cut federal health agencies

In total, more than 20,500 workers, including scientists and frontline health staff, have left or been pushed out of the Department of Health and Human Services’ workforce, according to ProPublica’s analysis of federal worker departures

Aug 26, 2025

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FTC has long said products must back up health claims. A MAHA lawsuit would upend that.

As the Trump administration loosens enforcement by federal agencies, the 'medical freedom' movement is pushing to permanently roll back health regulations

Aug 26, 2025

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As measles exploded, officials in Texas looked to CDC scientists. Under trump, no one answered.

‘My staff feels like we are out here all alone,’ wrote the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, after children were hospitalized there with the highly contagious virus

Aug 26, 2025

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