Nadia Dahab, a local attorney involved in the legal fight against Trump’s policy banning immigrants who can’t pay for health care, says the White House is subverting Congress On Thursday, Jan. 9, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard o ...
17 Jan 2020 - Anna Pedersen
COMMENTARY | An expert reviews the latest craze in Silicon Valley It’s the latest fad in Silicon Valley. By reducing the brain’s feel-good chemical known as dopamine — cutting back on things like food, sex, alcohol, social media and technology — followers ...
3 Jan 2020 - Ciara McCabe
The county’s mental health funding isn’t reaching half of the people who qualify, according to the report More than half of adults who qualify for mental health services offered by Multnomah County aren’t getting them, according to an audit report release ...
29 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
When low-income people save money on health care, they have a greater chance of affording rent and less chance of eviction, the researchers say Expanding Medicaid in the United States may help reduce the rate of eviction by lowering the cost of health car ...
22 Nov 2019 - Jared Brey
Layoffs come as the health center sees more patients forgo coverage due to a ‘chilling effect’ from Trump’s immigration rhetoric and ‘public charge’ policy Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has cut 34 jobs and frozen 47 open positions across its netw ...
25 Oct 2019 - Christen McCurdy
For some, sobriety is a tradeoff when recovery culture perpetuates body-image issues Loitering on the sidewalk outside the building’s entrance, a mismatched group of individuals chat away while smoking cigarettes. Once inside, they’ll be offered coffee an ...
6 Sep 2019 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | Testing, syringe exchanges, safer-sex supplies are available for free We are public health advocates, and we need your help to avoid an HIV outbreak. Kim started handing out clean needles to people on the streets of Berkeley 10 years before i ...
12 Jul 2019 - Kim Toevs and Jennifer Vines
Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...
12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
Robert Fuller wanted to die with dignity, on his own terms. ‘I’ll see you on May 10,’ he told his guests. For the last hours of his 75 years on Earth, Robert Fuller was married to a man he loved. “I anoint you,” said Nancy Rebecca, a nurse, clairvoyant an ...
5 Jul 2019 - Ashley Archibald
Despite decades on the books, and dispelling opponents’ fears, individuals, health care organizations and the country remain at opposite ends of the issue When Robert Fuller decided to die, it was a choice informed by personal experience. Fuller, 75, suff ...
5 Jul 2019 - Ashley Archibald