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Health officials say they’ve identified at least 19 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in Lane County. The true case count is likely much higher.
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The litigation, first filed in April 2020, covers some 5,000 people who were in custody at one of the state’s prisons and contracted COVID-19. A separate wrongful death class covers the estates of 45 others who were in prison at the time they died from the disease.
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An unknown number of Oregon Medical Group patients have been unexpectedly turned away over the last few months. Most were told their primary care provider had left. Many blame the loss of their doctor on the clinic’s out of state owners, and healthcare consolidation.
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A walk-in crisis center in Eugene has shut down after 8 years in operation.
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While many people are getting out gardening gloves this time of year, some are reaching for the tissue box.
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The Oregon Health Authority has launched a website where residents and non-residents can get information about abortion services and individual rights.
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PeaceHealth has received the green light from the Oregon Health Authority to construct a 67,000 square foot rehabilitation hospital in Springfield. The facility will include the region’s first brain injury unit.
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On this edition of Oregon on the Record, you’ll hear from a local professional counselor, Alison Canino, Executive Director of South Lane Mental Health, about the mental health challenge of loneliness in our community. Additionally, we talk with Robert Illig, a local entrepreneur who created an app to help move people away from their devices toward real and meaningful in-person connections.
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New research shows that over half of California’s rural hospitals are losing money. 44% of rural hospitals in Oregon have a similar status.
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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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Lane County will soon launch a mobile crisis response program to serve far-flung, rural communities often referred to as “mental health care deserts.”