People who visited the Keizer Waremart and Woodburn’s Walmart or Safeway the afternoon of July 17 may have been exposed to measles.
HEALTH CARE
Developers break ground on secure behavioral health facility in east Salem
A new 16-bed behavioral health facility in east Salem is expected to open next summer. It will serve patients often caught in a cycle of homelessness, incarceration and hospital visits, organizers said.
Sens. Merkley and Wyden and Rep. Blumenauer urge VA to expand care to medical cannabis
Oregon’s senators said a federal prohibition deprives veterans of a drug that’s legal in nearly 40 states and forces them go to outside the VA system for care.
Seventh, presumed eighth case of measles diagnosed in Marion County
Two more unvaccinated children in Marion County are showing symptoms of measles, health officials said Wednesday. One case has been confirmed through testing, and the other lives with someone else who was diagnosed with measles.
Fifth, sixth measles case confirmed in Marion County
The outbreak is the largest in Marion County in over a decade. All of those diagnosed so far have been unvaccinated against measles, health officials said.
Salem Health cancels some surgeries, but local impacts from global IT outage limited
Salem’s fire and emergency dispatch center are operating normally Friday after a global IT outage affecting many Windows systems hit hospitals, emergency services and airlines nationwide.
COLUMN: What to know about Medigap insurance
Jim Sellers, former Oregon journalist and state agency employee, explains what Medigap insurance is and how it differs from Medicare Advantage.
A Portland State University study upends assumptions about police role in addiction treatment
Only a fraction of people with addiction have contact with the criminal justice system, a new Portland State University study found.
Health officials confirm fourth measles case in Marion County
An unvaccinated Marion County child was diagnosed with measles Tuesday, health officials said. There are no known public exposures to the virus or links to three other Marion County children recently confirmed to have measles.
Oregon State Police investigating flow of harmful drugs to Oregon State Hospital patients
Two patients in Oregon’s state-run psychiatric hospital tested positive for drugs officials suspect arrived in the mail.