A bill that aims to improve how the state funds the managed health care program for lower-income Oregonians is advancing in the Legislature, with strong support from contractors who oversee the system ...

Democratic lawmakers and the Oregon Nurses Association proposed Senate Bill 1570, which aims to help hospital staff respond when federal law enforcement arrives on site and protect sensitive ...

Salem Drop, run by the Eugene-based nonprofit Youth Era, first opened Salem in 2018 near Riverfront Park. The center provided a safe, after school space for young people facing mental health ...

Charlie Health is working with a national communications company, Tusk Strategies to assist with its Oregon campaign. Tusk’s website says it works to “bring pressure on key stakeholders to advance our ...

Small Doses is a semi-regular column that rounds up news briefs and scuttlebutt related to health care in Oregon and southwest Washington. Have a tip? Send it to [email protected] or send it encrypted ...

Washington state Democrats are likely abandoning plans for a new tax on employers like Walmart and Amazon, whose workers get health coverage through Medicaid. The proposal came amid recent federal ...

The Millers resettled on Vancouver Island, their scenic refuge accessible only by ferry or plane. Justin went to work in the emergency room at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, where he became one of ...

‘Kind of morbid’: Health premiums threaten their nest egg. A terminal diagnosis may spare it. COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself ...

Oregon’s public health officials are urging families to get vaccinated after measles was detected in the wastewater of six ...

A proposed change to the state’s charity care law is pitting hospitals against patient advocates, with the former saying it’s ...

An emergency meeting of Sacred Heart medical staff was held Wednesday night—where an informal vote of no confidence in ...

Oregon is joining a coalition of Democratic states in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s latest rollback of recommended vaccines.