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It鈥檚 an especially bad flu season, and whooping cough 鈥 or pertussis 鈥 is also causing many infections.
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A new pilot program is offering free Medicaid benefits to about 4,000 19- and 20-year-olds with intellectual, physical or mental disabilities or certain mental or medical conditions like asthma and diabetes.
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State health authority officials have launched their second annual campaign aimed at stimulating conversation about drinking and urging those who drink excessively or binge drink to stop.
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Six hundred patients have participated in Oregon's first-in-the-nation psilocybin therapy program since May.
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Oregon ranks the 9th highest state for syphilis infection rates compared to other states, according to the CDC. Here's a few reasons why and what we know.
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Hathi is New Jersey鈥檚 deputy health commissioner for public health services and the designated state health officer. The Oregon Health Authority has been without a permanent director for nearly a year.
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The Oregon Health Authority鈥檚 system that determines whether vulnerable Oregonians receive mental health care has widespread 鈥渇ailures鈥 that hurt the people who need care, an internal audit found.
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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.
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Oregon State Hospital staff left a patient unattended in a van with keys in the ignition on Aug. 30, which allowed the patient charged with attempted murder to drive off and lead police on a chase along Interstate 5, according to a report from federal regulators.
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Marijuana in Oregon can no longer be recalled over a pathogenic mold, until a court decides if the state鈥檚 zero-tolerance policy went too far.
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A state system that often blocks treatment, with contractors trained by YouTube videos assessing patients, is under review after a whistleblower complained.
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A handcuffed and shackled Oregon State Hospital patient with pending felony charges stole a van and escaped from the state-run psychiatric hospital in Salem late Wednesday night, commandeering it southbound on Interstate 5.
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Secretary of State auditors recommend changes to provide equal prescription access to all Oregon Health Plan members.
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Climate change disproportionately affects communities of color, the elderly, people with disabilities and low-income households.