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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. | COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH

PeaceHealth CEO Liz Dunne to retire

Sarah Ness will take over at a time of financial struggles and labor strife for the Vancouver-based Catholic hospital system

Jul 8, 2025
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With a new $11 million federal grant, the University of Oregon will create a national center for children’s mental health. | BRIAN BULL/KLCC

With $11 million grant, UO creates new national children’s mental health center

The center puts the university at the forefront of national prevention efforts to improve the mental health and well-being of adolescents

Jul 8, 2025

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Federal appeals court upholds Oregon’s health care merger review law

A panel of judges dismissed hospitals' arguments that Oregon lawmakers set up a program that is vague and arbitrary. The ruling clears away a question hanging over the program's continued existence, but leaves other questions unanswered.

Jul 8, 2025
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Planned Parenthood clinic in Portland, Ore. | COURTESY PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Federal judge quickly rules in favor of Planned Parenthood in suit over Medicaid funding

The court's ruling temporarily stalls the Trump administration's effort to defund the low-income health care provider

Jul 8, 2025

Kyle Zimmer spent 25 years with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 in Connecticut, for which he started a members' assistance program, which he says helps workers with "the big three" — mental health, addiction and suicide prevention. | MIKE GATES

Workplace mental health at risk as key federal agency faces cuts

The workplace is the new ground zero for addressing mental health, but federal cuts are gutting the agency leading those efforts, including decreasing high rates of suicide among construction workers and managing burnout and depression in the health care industry

Jul 8, 2025

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States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts

Hospitals stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars under the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Jul 8, 2025

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Opinion: State's record on mental health funds doesn't instill trust

Oregon Heath Authority officials are trying to rewrite an agreement with counties to fund and direct behavioral health services across the state. But local officials have balked at state proposals and doubt they'll receive the funding needed to meet the demand.

Jul 3, 2025
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Speaker Johnson greets President Trump in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 5 2025. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Congressional megabill will slash Oregonians’ health coverage

The bill is expected to kick more than 200,000 Oregonians off of health insurance over time while hurting jobs and providers’ income. Many others will see their costs go up.

Jul 3, 2025
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A mother and son seek escape from war in Ukraine. The GOP intends to reduce benefits for most refugees and immigrants on humanitarian parole, including Afghans and Ukrainians who helped the United States in wars overseas and in return were promised a safety net in the United States. | SHAROMKA/SHUTTERSTOCK