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More behavioral health workers than ever are training in suicide prevention when they receive professional licenses from the state, according to a new state report.
Jacob Sweidan has seen his patients through the federal immigration raids of the 1990s, a sitting governor’s call to abolish birthright citizenship, and the highly publicized workplace crackdowns and ...
Documents obtained by ProPublica offer a rare glimpse into discussions between the global drugmaker Sun Pharma and the FDA, exposing how the agency tolerated substandard manufacturing for years.
Last week, Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, honored Diane Lund-Muzikant as a pioneer in health care journalism by formally recognizing her life’s work in the Congressional Record, the official and ...
A large medical practice in Lane County that’s cut services since a corporate takeover is now closing its OB-GYN department, marking the latest reduction in women’s health care options in Oregon and a ...
More than two years ago, faced with a growing addiction crisis in the state, Oregon health officials began work on an innovative program that would help people about to be released from jail or prison ...
Emergency medicine researchers and providers believe ERs, especially in rural areas, increasingly operate with few or no physicians amid a nationwide shortage of doctors.
People thinking about starting a business or retiring early — before they’re old enough for Medicare — may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act health ...
State officials expect Oregon to lose $15 billion in federal funding for health insurance coverage, food benefits, and other programs over the next five years as a result of the federal spending bill ...
The union leaders hailed the agreements, said they would improve working conditions and pay for the 700 nurses at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Corvallis and Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital in ...
After considering a veto, Gov. Tina Kotek signed into law a bill that lets physical therapists practice dry needling. Acupuncturists and others had opposed House Bill 3824 over concerns that physical ...
A controversial effort by Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay to turn over its operations to a private equity owned firm has ended with the news that Quorum Health has pulled out. Hospital leadership ...