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Rep. Val Hoyle, a Democrat from Springfield, said the bill will reduce the state’s access to healthcare and imperil Oregon’s efforts to address climate change.

A new collaboration between PeaceHealth, Eugene transitional housing community Everyone Village and other groups will provide 10 recovery cottages and a clinic for people without a safe place to go after surgery.

The imminent departure of two Rite Aid pharmacies in Newport and Lincoln City has added some urgency to potential plans by Samaritan Health Services to open its second pharmacy in Lincoln County.

A bill to sharply limit corporate decision making in clinics and ban most healthcare noncompete agreements in Oregon cleared a key legislative committee Thursday.

Nearly 10% of Oregon kindergartners have a non-medical exemption to some or all of the vaccines that are required to attend school. That’s according to numbers released Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority.

PeaceHealth broke ground on a new rehabilitation hospital in Springfield Wednesday.

PeaceHealth has announced it plans to sell its University District Hospital campus in Eugene.

Patients at one of the Eugene-Springfield area’s two hospitals are being treated in a call center and a former vending machine room. It comes amid a surge in respiratory illnesses and ongoing turmoil in the local healthcare system.

The bill has strong support from Eugene, Corvallis area lawmakers who argue corporate takeovers have made it harder for their constituents to get care.

Transgender organizers in Eugene fear that President Trump’s federal attacks on gender-affirming care could ripple down to the local level.

The Oregon Health Authority has found that Eugene-based Oregon Medical Group, and two insurers, unreasonably increased healthcare costs.

First, Do No Harm, Part I: The State of Healthcare in Oregon, will explore what happened to Oregon Medical Group, why the community’s emotions are so strong, and what is occurring in Salem as a result.