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Oregon is set to participate in a new federal summer food program that could benefit nearly 300,000 kids across the state.
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The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team will be able to work with residents throughout the county and assist in a crisis situation.
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On this edition of Oregon On The Record, listeners hear from Alexander Lavake, the coordinator of Lane County’s Fentanyl awareness program and how they hope to educate the public about the dangers of this drug, promote life-saving overdose prevention and promote a community-wide collaboration.
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The suit alleges a nurse swapped pain medication with tap water, causing infection and death in a patient.
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While suicide continues to be the second leading cause of death among youth in Oregon, there has been an overall reduction in youth suicide over the last three years. This reduction reflects Oregon’s commitment and funding to expand youth mental health and intervention programs, such as YouthLine and Lines for Life.
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Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed new guidelines to make genetics studies more inclusive and equitable. It’s an area where medical science has had a checkered past.
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Oregon lawmakers have rejected a proposal that would have let parents force their children into treatment for drug abuse.
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Just over three years since Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses. But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.
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The Oregon Senate Tuesday passed a bill that would cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month.
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Patients are waiting longer to get care in the wake of University District hospital’s closure in Eugene, and Rep. Nancy Nathanson wants to fund an ambulance to change that
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Over 90 home and hospice nurses with PeaceHealth Sacred Heart began a two-week strike Saturday.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent government mental health services from turning away patients with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It would also end the practice of forced commitment in the state.