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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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A federal investigation found the hospital failed to keep patients safe from assault. Investigators documented a choking attack, injuries and sexual assaults.
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On this edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear from Lane County’s leading voice on public health, Dr. Patrick Luedtke about widespread health problems in the community and what can be done about them.
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On this edition of Oregon On The Record we talk with KLCC’s own investigative reporters Rebecca Hansen White and Nathan Wilk who have doggedly reported on several big healthcare challenges facing Eugene and the surrounding community including closures, layoffs and employee unrest.
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Washington and Oregon dairy farmers say they’re stressed out – the threat of bird flu in cattle is just adding to their woes.
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A study by the Oregon Health Authority found reassuring evidence that vaccine-related myocarditis didn't cause an increase in cardiac deaths in healthy young people in Oregon. But due to limits of the data, the authors can't rule out the possibility of very rare fatalities.
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Travel Lane County has won a national award for its work to accommodate people with hearing loss.
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On this edition of Oregon On the Record you’ll hear from leaders Susan Bakewell Sachs, Dean of Nursing at OHSU and Joan Ching, Chief Nursing Executive of St. Charles Health System, about an innovative collaboration to train and educate more nurses.
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As migratory birds make their way north to Alaska, Canada and the Arctic for the summer, they often fly over and stop in the Northwest. The birds could spread avian flu in cattle. Northwest dairy managers are encouraged to up their biosecurity measures in preparation.
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On this edition of Oregon On The Record, you’ll hear a conversation with Dr. Sandra Rood, a physician who is part of the team managing Lane County's community health centers, which have delivered care in the community for 20 years.
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More than a year after White Bird Clinic and its unionized crisis workers began negotiations, they still haven't reached an agreement on a new contract.
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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.