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New health center strives to fix the healthcare provider …

WebExperts say the health center will be a game-changer in training generations of medical students to become rural providers. …

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Closure of birth center highlights challenges of rural healthcare

WebHealth care has a dollars and cents cost, but we don’t value life that way. Health care should be about people, but it is so often about money. “Hospital …

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Tribe changes the face of Coos Bay medicine Feature …

WebThe 22,000-square-foot Ko-Kwel Wellness Center (the tribe’s name spelled phonetically) located in Coos Bay, includes primary care, a dental suite with seven stations, a cutting-edge substance abuse …

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Can Measure 110 meet the funding needs to combat Oregon’s …

WebIn Southern Oregon’s Jackson County, Rep. Pam Marsh (D) voted against Measure 110. Explaining her choice, she said, “There weren’t enough resources, …

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Striving for Solutions — rural treatment centers combat opioid …

WebPendleton’s facility is one of the latest opioid treatment facilities to open up in rural Oregon, addressing a need that the Oregon Health Authority has seen for the past …

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Rural Oregon opens to an uncertain future Cover Story

WebRural hospitals and clinics have suffered from the state ban on non-urgent surgeries, and people have stayed away from health-care providers for fear of being …

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The doctor is out Feature Stories theotheroregon.com

WebThe average lifespan for a person living in rural communities is four years less than individuals living in urban or suburban areas, according to Grant Niskanen, vice …

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Some ranchers resistant to use of antibiotics The Land

WebHealth care providers have grown dependent on these miracle drugs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 47 million antibiotic …

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Pandemic prompts greater protections for agricultural workers

WebFounded in 1975, the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center serves 52,000 patients a year at five primary care clinics in Washington and Yamhill counties, …

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Aspen Springs highlights mental health crisis in Eastern Oregon

WebWhen Aspen Springs Psychiatric Hospital opened in Hermiston last fall, it was hailed as a sorely-needed addition to the state’s meager supply of mental health …

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WebRural doctors in southern Oregon are scarce. Clinics struggle to maintain adequate staffing, and mental health programs are closing. In a county where 45% of the population lives …

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They wrote the book on the urban-rural divide The Culture

WebHealth care in rural areas is an important and concerning issue. Rural people don’t have as good of access to medical clinics and hospitals and part of that is scale — …

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theotheroregon.com A Voice for Rural Oregon

WebAir medical transport can be a lifesaver, but it isn't cheap. JOHN DAY — Northeast Oregon is a land of wide-open spaces and natural solitude, far from the hustle …

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Housing and homelessness are issues in rural Oregon, too

WebThe authors said Oregon’s homeless population is disproportionately large. The state has 1.3 percent of the U.S. population, but 2.6 percent of the nation’s …

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Small town, big emergencies Feature Stories theotheroregon.com

WebWheeler County epitomizes the challenges of rural health care. Wheeler is the least populated county in Oregon, with more square miles than humans — 1,717 to …

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How indigenous nations are rebuilding food systems

WebThe Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is reconnecting Indigenous Alaskans to traditional foods through a program called The Store Outside Your Door that …

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'The Oregon Way' — a roadmap for solving problems

WebFrohnmayer chose to put Oregonians first. A glance at his resume — Rhodes Scholar, Berkeley Law grad, Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and …

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A life on both sides of the divide Cover Story theotheroregon.com

WebIn 1999 Jim and his wife, Sue , bought the Johnny Creek Ranch in Grant County and started raising hay and cattle. As a transplanted Portlander turned rancher, …

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Essay: Finding the middle ground Cover Story

WebI’ll bet they don’t ask about your pronouns when you show up at the Asher Community Health Center in Fossil. I was there once when two cowboys burst in the …

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What, and where, is rural Oregon

WebOn one end of the rural scale, Multnomah County is 1.3 percent rural; Washington, 5.6 percent; Marion, home to the state capital, 13.1 percent; Lane, 17.5 …

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Homegrown — Azure Standard’s roots are in rural Oregon

WebAzure — named for a shade of blue associated with law, justice and honesty — started in the mid-1950s when Stelzer’s paternal grandparents began farming a …

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Essay: Eastern Oregon water pollution is a story of divides

WebWhat diseases, health problems, and suffering could have been prevented in this time if people had known not to drink the water? Since the door-to-door testing in …

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