Health

“The risk of severe disease from measles for people who are up to date on their vaccines is very low,” Oregon Health Authority says.

In a letter a few weeks ago, the man who manages health care benefits for state employees and their families listed the many ways a major Oregon-based health insurance company was failing them.

Vista Pavilion opens next week, with spectacular views and 128 patient rooms.

Secretary of state finds issues with how how state determined eligibility for Oregon Health Plan Bridge program. State officials say the problems have since been fixed.

Officials say risk to vaccinated people is low.

Health prices have been shooting faster than inflation pretty much everywhere. Portland-based Legacy says it needs to raise prices still further because of a 47% rise in its own costs between 2021 and 2025.

One of Oregon’s largest health insurance plans announced in recent days it might be going up for sale but, in the meantime, it still has quite a bit of cleaning up to do.

The deal would mean minimum 21.5% raises over a roughly four year span. And some workers would get far more.

Some public health officials say ICE activity and federal vaccine actions have caused confusion and fear, leading to fewer shots.

Providence Health Plan leaders were already outsourcing some core functions. The vast majority of the plan’s members are in Oregon.

The Marion County District Attorney says she has grown increasingly concerned in recent years that the state’s flagship psychiatric hospital “cannot meet the challenge of the moment.”

The trusty, locking butane torch is a potent, focussed heat source—reliable even in the wind. Some increasingly see it as a public health scourge.