The federal government has long required states to offer dental coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid, the joint state-federal health program for people who are low-income or disabled. Paying for ...

However, Kailee Desmond, a Lake Oswego teen, sought to change this. As someone with severe allergies, she saw that EpiPens ...

The share of pregnant women getting prenatal care had been improving: It rose between 2016 and 2021 to a high of more than 78%, but then declined to 75.5% by 2024, wiping out previous gains. The trend ...

Nearly two decades ago, progressives fought to include a so-called public option — a government-run health plan — in the broad health care overhaul known as Obamacare. That effort failed, defeated by ...

A proposed change to the state’s charity care law is pitting hospitals against patient advocates, with the former saying it’s needed to curb rising costs while the latter warn it could burden ...

Oregon’s public health officials are urging families to get vaccinated after measles was detected in the wastewater of six ...

The Millers resettled on Vancouver Island, their scenic refuge accessible only by ferry or plane. Justin went to work in the ...

‘Kind of morbid’: Health premiums threaten their nest egg. A terminal diagnosis may spare it. COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself ...

Salem Drop, run by the Eugene-based nonprofit Youth Era, first opened Salem in 2018 near Riverfront Park. The center provided ...

I know everyone deserves access to this kind of care because my family has benefited from it for 21 years at Family Medical ...

Charlie Health is working with a national communications company, Tusk Strategies, to assist with its Oregon campaign. Tusk’s website says it works to “bring pressure on key stakeholders to advance ...

An emergency meeting of Sacred Heart medical staff was held Wednesday night—where an informal vote of no confidence in ...