WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – The U.S. government is adjusting the way it tracks COVID-19. The nation’s coronavirus public health emergency ends next week on May 11th. That’s when, for the first time in three years, the agency will stop posting ...

Author: Tim Gordon VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW) — The connection between cannabis and suicide attempts is growing, according to researchers at Washington State University. And although there is more to learn, it has experts concerned. The acceptance and use of cannabis ...

Author: Brittany Falkers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s is growing and growing fast. An estimated 6.7 million Americans age 65 and older are living with the disease. 69,000 of them are Oregonians, according ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – Asante Foundation has appointed Dr. Mujahid Rizvi as the first “Heimann Medical Chair of Oncology.” This makes Dr. Rizvi the first endowed medical chair in Asante’s history. Asante said, “Through the generosity of Mary and Dick Heimann, ...

MEDFORD, Ore. – Medford police are sounding the alarm after seeing a “staggering rise” in potential overdose deaths. Early this month, Providence Health and Services said doctors were seeing a sharp increase in the number of people coming into the ...

(NBC) Understanding the differences, researchers say, could have implications for more targeted approaches to weight loss. Changes in the way peoples’ brains are wired could explain some of the differences in obesity between men and women, new research published Thursday ...

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Health Authority issued the state’s first psilocybin license. The license was granted as part of the nation’s first regulatory framework for psilocybin services, the OHA said. It was issued to Satori Farms PDX LLC, owned ...

Author: Brittany Falkers, KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been three years since the pandemic hit, stopping everyone in their tracks. It flipped daily life upside down, claimed millions of lives, revealed systemic issues and changed the way people think ...

Author: Tim Gordon SALEM, Oregon — Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase the penalties for people in possession of more than a gram of fentanyl or for those dealing the drug. There has been plenty of debate about ...

Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — For the first time in the United States, Oregon students will graduate this month from a program that will eventually allow them to legally dole out doses of “magic mushrooms.” The graduates ...

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