Lynne Terry
Editor | Oregon Capital ChronicleLynne Terry has more than 30 years of journalism experience. She reported on health and food safety in her 18 years at The Oregonian, was a senior producer at Oregon Public Broadcasting and Paris correspondent for National Public Radio for nine years. She has won state, regional and national awards, including a National Headliner Award for a long-term care facility story and a top award from the National Association of Health Care Journalists for an investigation into government failures to protect the public from repeated salmonella outbreaks.
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A lower percentage of health care workers are vaccinated against the flu than during the 2019-20 flu season. -
At least several thousand were affected while thousands of others who don鈥檛 qualify for Medicaid will keep their insurance. -
One of the Republicans who filed a complaint, Sen. Lynn Findley, called the Senate president a 鈥渄ictator鈥� and called the committee process a 鈥渟ham.鈥� -
A 15-year-old case pitting Northwest Native Americans against the federal government that鈥檚 been awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court hearing has settled, with the government agreeing to partially restore a sacred site in Oregon. -
People who are poor, older, suffer from disabilities or have unstable housing face a disproportionate threat from wildfires, a new study found. -
They want the agency to update its emission standards and tighten its oversight. -
State health officials are checking to see whether kids in the state have been wrongly kicked off the free health care as they have been elsewhere. -
The cost of health care continues to increase in Oregon, forcing residents to dig into their savings, forgo care and rack up medical debt, according to a state report. -
A coastal plant that鈥檚 been hammered by invasive species and recreational vehicles has won federal protection after years of pressure from environmental groups. -
Oregon State University researchers find that frequent use and addiction rates also increase among non-college young adults. -
The hack affected current and past members of the Oregon Health Plan, the state鈥檚 Medicaid system. -
A legislative proposal that died in subcommittee would have helped 62,000 undocumented immigrants, including many farmworkers.
