Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state health officials told lawmakers Wednesday.Â
Free news, online only: Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove is seeking volunteers to participate in the Department of Natural Resources’ Forest Health Advisory Committee (FHAC).
Free news:Â Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is issuing a public health advisory today for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters at Siletz Bay in Lincoln County. People should avoid direct contact with the water in this area until the advisory is lifted.
Free news, online only:Â Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is issuing a public health advisory today for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters at Oceanside Beach in Tillamook County. People should avoid direct contact with the water in this area until the advisory is lifted.
Free news, online only:Â Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Clackamas County health officials are warning the public about a location where people may have been exposed to measles.
Free news: Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Multnomah County health officials are warning the public about a location where people may have been exposed to measles.
(The Center Square) – Nine more companies have joined President Donald Trump’s most-favored-nation drug pricing agreement, one of the president’s most highly publicized affordability initiatives to bring down the cost of prescription drugs.
Commissioners heard an update from Public Health Director Erin Quinn, who reported that WIC (which offers supplemental nutrition to women, infants and children) enrollment had increased, but onsite septic permits had decreased to 2021 levels.