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PexelsOn This edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear about how local private college Bushnell University is putting a new grant to use in training and educating nurses who are starting out, or returning nurses updating their skills.Dean of Faculty, Reed Mueller, Ph.D. talks about creating a ready pool of credentialed and trained nurses as a critical first step in alleviating a healthcare labor shortage that can severely impact us all. -
Rachel McDonaldWhooping cough cases in Lane County have doubled in the last week. Health officials are urging the public to take precautions.
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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. -
Oregon is set to participate in a new federal summer food program that could benefit nearly 300,000 kids across the state. -
The Mobile Crisis Intervention Team will be able to work with residents throughout the county and assist in a crisis situation. -
Lane County will soon launch a mobile crisis response program to serve far-flung, rural communities often referred to as “mental health care deserts.” -
The Corvallis Clinic says an imminent financial crisis justifies the state expediting the normal merger review process. The clinic refused to comment if its crisis is related to payment disruptions from the Optum cyberattack. -
A new study by University of Oregon researchers found environmental and public health agencies could be more proactive about warning people about smoky air from wildfires. -
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. -
The suit alleges a nurse swapped pain medication with tap water, causing infection and death in a patient. -
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. -
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.
