Oregon caregivers in the spotlight this month
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize the important role these folks play in many people’s…
Continue ReadingNovember is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize the important role these folks play in many people’s…
Continue ReadingNew Seasons Market is recalling fresh ground beef sold at meat counters in three of its Portland-area stores because it may be contaminated with…
Continue ReadingA popular health care service for the homeless and Central Oregon veterans has gone mobile over the last few years. However, representatives with the…
Continue ReadingSt. Charles Health System Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Welander has been appointed to a state committee to tackle the issue of some of the…
Continue ReadingA Bend family is extremely thankful as their 9-year-old daughter is making a full recovery after getting a heart transplant late last month.…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s regional office alerted the public Monday of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans.…
Continue ReadingA Lane County resident and a visitor to Washington County have been diagnosed with measles, the Oregon Health Authority said Saturday. Their…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Opioid Tapering Task Force on Friday completed clinical guidelines on opioid tapering it developed over the past several months. The…
Continue Reading(Update: Adding Deschutes County official comment) While overall use of marijuana among Oregon youth has remained flat, the primary way they’re…
Continue ReadingOregon Gov. Kate Brown convened Thursday a Behavioral Health Advisory Council formed by Executive Order 19-06. The council will make recommendations…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday the membership of a committee to control the cost of health care for Oregonians. The committee will set an annual…
Continue ReadingHealth officials say they have started to see cases of flu in Oregon. They recommend everyone 6 months and older get a flu vaccine. People who get…
Continue ReadingA St. Helens High School student died Monday and health officials suspect bacterial meningitis may have caused his death. Paul Lewis, 16, was a…
Continue ReadingA St. Helens High School student died Monday and health officials suspect bacterial meningitis may have caused his death. Paul Lewis, 16, was a…
Continue ReadingAn average of five Oregonians die every week from an opioid overdose. But the impact of the drug epidemic reaches far beyond those lives lost, as the…
Continue ReadingProlonged exposure to blue light, such as that which emanates from your phone, computer and household fixtures, could be affecting your longevity,…
Continue ReadingOregon State University has been awarded $8.8 million to help lead a 3½-year effort to make the volumes of data arising from cancer research more…
Continue ReadingCulver High School’s head football coach, Shea Little, has led the Bulldogs to the best record of any high school football team on the High…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown’s Executive Order to enact a temporary ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and cannabis vaping products took effect Tuesday.…
Continue Reading(Update: Adding comments from Crook County health officials, Vector Control manager; horse survived disease) West Nile virus, a disease spread by…
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