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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsOregon 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. -
Senior & Disability Services, to explore how hoarding starts, and how it can be curtailed.
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Six hundred patients have participated in Oregon's first-in-the-nation psilocybin therapy program since May. -
All but two California counties are delaying their implementation of a new law that makes it easier for a court to place someone in involuntary confinement if they can’t care for their own medical needs or personal safety.
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In August 2023, PeaceHealth announced it would close most of its facility in downtown Eugene and transfer services to its Riverbend hospital in Springfield, effectively leaving the third largest city in Oregon without a hospital.
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the recent "America’s Health Rankings 2023 Health of Women and Children Report," released this fall by the United Health Foundation.
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Dave Pelzer is the guest of our Mental Health Matters podcast, our joint venture with the Southern Oregon chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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Many Americans are diagnosed with mental health conditions, but most don't get professional help, even if they're insured. Obstacles include difficulties finding providers their plan covers.
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Max's Mission founder Julia Pinsky weighs in on Measure 110 at Legislative hearing. Tera Hurst from Health Justice Recovery Alliance joins the conversation.
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Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, plans to introduce a bill in the 2024 session to provide funding for addiction medication, screenings and more.
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Dan Hoover lays out the recently-published research on drug use and jail correlations
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Four of Oregon’s largest hospital systems announced on Thursday they have appealed a federal court ruling that dismissed their lawsuit alleging the state violates the civil rights of Oregonians with mental illnesses by giving them inadequate care.
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The initiative comes amid a big jump in the number of teens who’ve died from drug overdoses in the last five years.
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National Alliance on Mental Illness Southern Oregon Chapter. Andra Hollenbeck of NAMI-SO speaks with Kelly Birch of Rogue Valley Integrative Therapy.
