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The hospital and provider tax relied on by Oregon and other states has become a political football as Congress mulls cutting health care to fund tax breaks

Officials say the case is not related to hundreds of others who’ve been sickened by measles this year, most of them unvaccinated.

State health officials want counties to focus mental health spending on criminal defendants, but counties say vulnerable people would lose access and suffer as a result

There are no methadone clinics on the Oregon coast for 200 miles between Seaside and Coos Bay. The distance has led some people to stop taking the treatment entirely.

But changes coming out of Washington, D.C., could hurt access and affordability — and block researchers’ ability to measure those effects, expert says

The legislation was spurred by multiple stories from patients and families with experiences of neglect in Oregon’s long-term and memory care facilities

It's a process that forces some people to delay care or abandon treatment, but while some insurers are promising changes, critics say many people may not notice a difference

Kennedy gutted a key vaccine advisory panel. Now, physicians are figuring out how they can continue to share evidence-based guidance to keep patients healthy.

While at least one major bill combining several pieces of legislation appears to have momentum, another backed by top lawmakers and behavioral health providers will be killed by leadership

Critics say Oregon has had plenty of time to invest in fixes to ensure prompt care of mentally ill people housed in jail, but the state officials say a new ruling levying hefty fines was unfair and unfounded