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Oregon Health Authority data shows Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center had high numbers of infections in the last two years. That’s the same timeframe a nurse was allegedly replacing patients’ fentanyl with tap water.
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Senior & Disability Services, to explore how hoarding starts, and how it can be curtailed.
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This week, the Medford Police Department confirmed their investigation into the alleged theft of controlled substances at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.
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The nonprofit Healing Advocacy Fund supports psilocybin therapy, both in Oregon and in Colorado, and the organization keeps an eye on developments in both states, and others considering psilocybin use.
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Jackson County's Tanya Phillips talks about increase in flu numbers, and how to avoid becoming one of them
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The Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford is working with law enforcement to investigate allegations that misuse of opioids at the hospital resulted in deadly infections.
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The flu is spreading rapidly in Southern Oregon this season. Public health officials point to an increase in emergency department visits for flu-like symptoms, and an especially sharp increase among children.
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Psychiatrist Dr. Normal Rosenthal led the research team that coined the term seasonal affective disorder, and he has continued to research the condition.
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Oregon will soon require health care facilities to provide opioid overdose medication when releasing some at-risk patients.
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In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under new pressures as clinicians retire or burn out. Patients report that it's harder to find care, and they're losing connections to familiar doctors.
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State health authority officials have launched their second annual campaign aimed at stimulating conversation about drinking and urging those who drink excessively or binge drink to stop.
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Oregon Health Authority's Rethink the Drink campaign.
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This was the year a lot people finally exhaled. The pandemic was declared no longer an emergency. But viral threats are still with us and there are lessons we still haven't learned.
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The federal government suspended an annual Medicaid renewal requirement during COVID-19. Now that it has resumed, many Californians are losing coverage for “procedural reasons.”