Sterling Hanakahi, 73, and Anita Hanakahi, 70, of Tillamook say they were blindsided when Texas-based U.S. Renal Care executives announced they would close their kidney dialysis center in the coastal community Feb. 23.

2024年11月19日 · Four months into a legislatively mandated process of contracting with a tech company to build a new health insurance shopping website for Oregonians, state officials have canceled the effort and will start it all over again for reasons that remain unclear.. Deloitte LLP, a consulting firm with close ties to the Oregon Health Authority, was ranked by state officials as the top bidder after the ...

2 天之前 · An earlier Stateline story reported that policy, poverty, rural isolation and bad habits are shortening lives in West Virginia compared with New York. Even though the states had very similar life expectancies in 1990, West Virginia is projected to be at the bottom of the rankings by 2050, while New York is projected to be at the top.

5 天之前 · Last week, the Trump administration cancelled a series of panels that help determine how billions in federal health dollars are spent, including hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Oregon universities, biotech companies and disease …

With continuous glucose monitors, students with Type 1 diabetes no longer have to visit the school nurse for a finger prick. But some parents say it falls to them to keep an eye on blood sugar levels from home or work — even though they may not be able to quickly reach their child when something’s wrong.

2025年1月14日 · After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states — but not as fast as it should compared with similar countries, according to a new study. Bad habits such as junk food, smoking and illicit drug use are ...

Morgan Cowling (right), the outgoing executive director of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, reads from a document during the panel's first meeting in April 2024.

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The state hospital eventually began complying with the seven-day admission requirement for a total of seven months, Cooper said. But admission wait times again rose. Meanwhile, critics have said the discharge deadlines are creating a revolving door in the criminal justice system, straining the system and hurting public safety and patients rather than helping.

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