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Oregon Officials Demand Answers After Federal Agent Shoots Two People in Portland Amid Conflicting…
UPDATE: Border Patrol IDs Portland Shooting Victims as Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members, Oregon AG Opens Investigation
PORTLAND, Ore. — The true facts surrounding yesterday’s shooting in Portland - in which a man and a woman were…
West Coast Doctors Break From CDC, Urge Oregon Parents to Follow Full Vaccine Schedule
The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) has criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to significantly reduce the number of vaccinations that all American children have routinely received in recent years.…
Oregon Scientists Warn Wildfires Can Create Toxic Chromium That Lingers in Groundwater for Years
Research published in November by the University of Oregon noted that serpentine rocks rich in Chromium-3- a vital micronutrient- can become a toxic heavy metal when exposed to the extreme heat produced during a wildfire, and this toxin…
Oregon Bans Medical Debt From Credit Reports Starting Jan 1, Shielding Consumers From Lasting…
As of January 1, 2026, medical debt will no longer be reported to credit bureaus, providing Oregonians with a protective measure to shield them from the damaging repercussions of poor creditworthiness.
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Oregon Rural Hospitals Get $197 Million Lifeline After Years of Shrinking Services
Amid rising service cuts in Oregon's rural healthcare sector, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that the state will receive $197.3 million in 2026 to improve rural healthcare, and more may follow over the next…
Oregon Sues HHS Over Directive Targeting Gender-Affirming Care for Teens
In a lawsuit filed yesterday, Oregon led a coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia against Secretary Kennedy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), who unlawfully attempted to limit a family's ability…
Oregon Adds 146 New Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Beds but Studies Show Thousands Still…
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announced yesterday that 146 new residential behavioural health beds will be added to the state, following approval of a $65 million grant from House Bill 2059.
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Oregon Rolls Out Free Birth Control for OHP Members but Limited Pharmacy Access Threatens the…
Birth control and emergency contraception are now available free of cost and without prescription from Oregon pharmacies to members of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP/Medicaid).
However, while this initiative attempts to make contraception…
Oregon Overdose Crisis Deepens as Trump Declares Illicit Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction
In the wake of statewide deaths in Oregon tripling since 2019, with about two-thirds now involving illicit fentanyl, President Trump issued an Executive Order classifying “illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals” as weapons of…
Oregon Whooping Cough Cases Hit All-Time High After Years of Slipping Maternal Vaccination Rates
Recent Oregon Health Authority (OHA) data indicate that pertussis, also known as whooping cough, cases have reached an all-time high. The agency is now urging Oregonians, especially babies, to get vaccinated to protect against this serious…