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‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.

Covid infections have escalated nationwide in the past few weeks, with analyses of virus traces in wastewater suggesting infection rates as high as last year’s

Jan 18, 2024

As a Black woman, Charity Watkins is among two of the groups most likely to experience a medical misdiagnosis. Hers put her life at risk. | KATE MEDLEY/KFF HEALTH NEWS

Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis

Women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a misdiagnosis, according to a new study

Jan 18, 2024

New Oregon Health Authority interim director Sejal Hathi released a video address to agency employees on her first day, Jan. 16, 2024. | SCREENSHOT FROM OHA VIDEO

Hathi begins work as head of Oregon Health Authority

Dr. Sejal Hathi stressed her commitment to the health authority’s goals. If confirmed by the Senate, she’ll be the agency’s first permanent director in more than a year.

Jan 18, 2024
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A still from a Milwaukie police officer’s body camera shows the inside of Providence Milwaukie Hospital prior to the death of Jean Descamps on Dec. 12. | PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP SCREENSHOT USED WITH PERMISSION

Feds launch investigation into Milwaukie hospital that discharged dying man

The death of a patient discharged from Providence Milwaukie Hospital has sparked a federal inspection and finding of 'immediate jeopardy'

Jan 18, 2024
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Updated: CareOregon merger decision delayed over state 'concerns'

Ruling now slated for March 18 after being delayed twice this month. Merger would join government-funded insurer of 500,000 low-income Oregonians with California nonprofit Medicare plan.

Jan 17, 2024

CareOregon is among 16 coordinated care organizations in Oregon serving Medicaid members. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger

Supporters and opponents of the combination of an Oregon health care mainstay with a California-based Medicare insurer have publicly sparred for months, but significant aspects of the deal remain little-recognized, unsettled or unknown

Jan 16, 2024

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Cascadia fined $7,250 over safety lapses found after Haley Rogers' death

The large Portland social service nonprofit says it’s correcting problems after worker's stabbing death. A potential lawsuit and legislation are in the works.

Jan 16, 2024

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The Washington State Capitol in Olympia. | SHUTTERSTOCK

Bill proposes cutting coroner, death investigation training for small Washington counties

Eastern Washington lawmakers hope to roll back parts of a 2021 bill that placed stricter training and credentialing requirements on death investigations

Jan 16, 2024

Clockwise from front left: Sophomores Madison Cailteux, Kaden Davis Young, Samuel Stanley, Jack Von Ammon and Pearl Carter participate in cooperative learning during science class at South Eugene High School on Dec. 11, 2023. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT