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Medicare open enrollment begins; help is available

October 15, 2019 4:54 pm KTVZ

The annual open enrollment for Medicare started Tuesday, and the Oregon Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA) Program in the Oregon…

St. Charles Bend patient tower named for Lussier

October 12, 2019 6:28 am KTVZ

In a special presentation next Wednesday, St. Charles Bend’s new patient tower will be named for Jim Lussier, whose 34-year career at St.…

OLCC OKs six-month ban on flavored vape products

October 11, 2019 9:26 pm KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Liquor Control Commission on Friday approved a six-month ban on the sale of flavored vape products amid an…

Wash. company recalls chicken salad sandwiches

October 10, 2019 7:52 pm KTVZ

Jumbo Foods Inc. of Mukilteo, Wash., has issued a voluntary recall of Tuscan Sun (TS) brand chicken salad sandwiches, because it has the potential to…

Parents still protesting SW Bend cell tower placement

October 10, 2019 7:25 pm KTVZ

About two dozen parents and a few students braved the freezing temperatures outside Elk Meadow Elementary Wednesday morning, holding up signs and…

Wyden: GAO study finds waste in Medicaid work requirements

October 10, 2019 5:44 pm KTVZ

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., released a…

Wash. officials OK ban on flavored vaping products

October 10, 2019 5:24 am KTVZ

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials in Washington state on Wednesday formally adopted a temporary ban on the sale of flavored vaping products amid…

$2.2 million CDC grant to study C.O. traumatic brain injury program

October 10, 2019 1:26 am KTVZ

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded the Center on Brain Injury Research and Training ( CBIRT ) a 4-year, $2.2 million…

Merkley, Wyden urge delay in Medicare website overhaul

October 9, 2019 5:31 pm KTVZ

Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday they are urging the Trump administration to delay implementation of a Medicare enrollment…

Officials: 1 more vaping-related illness in Oregon

October 8, 2019 8:38 pm KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials say one more Oregonian has a vaping-related severe lung illness, raising Oregon’s toll to nine…

Study: Coordinated care model cuts unscheduled hospital visits

October 7, 2019 11:07 pm KTVZ

Oregon Medicaid enrollees are less likely to make unscheduled trips to the hospital following the implementation of the state’s…

Wilsonville teen, mom want to treat cancer with CBD oil

October 6, 2019 4:29 pm KTVZ

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Wilsonville teen and her mother have argued with the state that they should be able to treat the girl’s cancer…

Gov. Brown orders 6-month ban on sale of flavored vaping products

October 5, 2019 6:07 pm KTVZ

(Update: Adding to AP story, OLCC plans for next steps) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s governor ordered a temporary ban Friday on the sale…

OSU study: Deafness-causing protein deficiency may make brain rewire itself

October 5, 2019 7:08 am KTVZ

The brains of people with congenital deafness may be rewiring themselves in ways that affect how those people learn, suggesting a need to develop new…