WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday, the Biden administration told the nation’s hospitals and doctors they “must” provide abortions if the life of an expectant mother is at risk. In a letter to health care providers, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNN) – California is socializing insulin production. Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state will start manufacturing its own. He said, “Nothing epitomized market failures more than the price of insulin. Many Americans spend $300 to $500 per month ...
With BA.4 and BA.5 now dominant, OHSU forecasts mid-July peak for current COVID hospitalization wave
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), Tim Gordon PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon’s current COVID-19 wave has been lengthened by the arrival of a series of new and increasingly transmissible strains of the omicron variant, but Oregon Health and Science University’s forecast ...
Author: Galen Ettlin (KGW) OREGON, USA (KGW) — Oregon and Washington are tracking small outbreaks of hMPXV, also known as monkeypox, but health officials warn numbers are likely higher than they appear. The virus is spread most easily through skin-to-skin ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The Food and Drug Administration just made it easier for COVID patients to get treatment. The agency revised its emergency use authorization for Paxlovid to allow pharmacists to prescribe it. Since the drug must be taken ...
Author: Tim Gordon PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Despite predictions of a mid-month plateau, Oregon continued to see COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise through the end of June. On June 3, Oregon’s chief forecaster released his report that forecast the latest COVID ...
MIAMI, Fla. (WPLG/CNN) – Florida’s governor said the state will not help the White House distribute COVID-19 vaccines to young kids who live there. Wednesday, vaccine advisers for the FDA voted to recommend expanding the emergency use authorizations for COVID ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon is reporting its first case of potential hMPXV, commonly referred to as “monkeypox.” The Oregon Health Authority said Thursday that the person who was infected has traveled to an unspecified community with other confirmed cases. He ...
Author: Katherine Cook (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — While the pandemic surely had a detrimental impact on overall mental health, doctors are increasingly working to address the acute psychological impact of long COVID on patients. That includes Amy Weishan, who ...
Author: Galen Ettlin PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Doctors at the Providence Cancer Institute (PCI) in Portland are celebrating the successful application of a new immunotherapy to drastically reduce a patient’s tumor size. The treatment, published this week in the New ...