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wweek.com > news > health > 09/08/2026 > covid-19-vaccinations-now-available-in-oregon

COVID-19 Vaccinations Now Available In Oregon

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (238+ words) Oregonians can now get updated 2026-2027 COVID-19 shots at local pharmacies without a prescription, officials announced last week. Since the pandemic, the Oregon Health Authority has broadly recommended annual COVID-19 shots in addition to the standard seasonal flu shot in the…...

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wweek.com > news > state > 09/08/2026 > the-mammoth-tax-bill-owed-by-the-obscure-owner-of-a-salem-computer-repair-shop-defies-belief-as-well-as-payment

The Mammoth Tax Bill Owed by the Obscure Owner of a Salem Computer Repair Shop Defies Belief as Well as Payment

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (834+ words) According to the Oregon Department of Revenue, the biggest tax deadbeat in the state is 32, owns a modest computer repair shop in downtown Salem, and rents a suburban tract home valued at $584,000. This Oregonian of apparently limited wealth somehow owes…...

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wweek.com > news > health > 09/07/2026 > oregon-paid-consultants-handsomely-to-recruit-a-hospital-chief-two-years-on-the-search-continues

Oregon Paid Consultants Handsomely To Recruit a Hospital Chief. Two Years On, The Search Continues.

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (754+ words) When Oregon State Hospital superintendent Dolly Matteucci retired in early 2024, state health officials turned to a small firm in Illinois to find her replacement. Spirit Consulting says it helps businesses find “transformational leaders” through a proprietary search process—involving recruitment,…...

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wweek.com > news > health > 09/01/2026 > many-small-health-systems-have-been-hoovered-up-rejecting-this-fate-rural-oregon-hospitals-are-uniting

Many Small Health Systems Have Been Hoovered Up. Rejecting This Fate, Rural Oregon Hospitals Are Uniting.

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (791+ words) A few years ago, Landon Dybdal, who runs Lake District Hospital in Lake County, Ore—pop. 8,187—says he found himself sketching up a plan on some loose paper at a restaurant around San Antonio. That idea is now a reality…...

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wweek.com > news > health > 08/27/2026 > massive-oregon-health-care-disruption-is-mostly-averted-as-regence-and-ohsu-resolve-dispute

Massive Oregon Health Care Disruption Is (Mostly) Averted As Regence and OHSU Resolve Dispute

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) For many months, unresolved negotiations between a major Oregon health insurer and the state’s flagship medical center threatened to restrict health care access for hundreds of thousands of people. On Thursday, that conflict appeared to have been basically resolved. Regence…...

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wweek.com > news > health > 08/26/2026 > careoregon-blocked-her-therapist-then-it-blocked-her-new-one

CareOregon Blocked Her Therapist. Then It Blocked Her New One.

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1011+ words) Emily Horton has been churning through therapists lately—and not by choice, or because her weekly sessions were uncommonly challenging. Instead, the disruption is happening because her public health insurance plan is no longer willing to pay the mental health…...

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wweek.com > news > health > 08/22/2026 > portland-medical-leaders-rally-around-the-potential-of-shrooms

Portland Medical Leaders Rally Around the Potential of Shrooms

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (505+ words) TV crews erected tripods. A din rose in the hallway beyond. The Oregon Health & Science University president and a man he described as one of the institution’s star researchers settled in behind the mic. The news they had to share…...

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wweek.com > news > 08/19/2026 > major-health-care-union-endorses-julia-brim-edwards-for-multnomah-county-chair

Major Health Care Union Endorses Julia Brim-Edwards for Multnomah County Chair

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (478+ words) Willamette Week Major Health Care Union Endorses Julia Brim-Edwards for Multnomah County Chair Brim-Edwards has far outraised her opponents Sharon Meieran and Shannon Singleton in fundraising as well. The Oregon Nurses Association this week endorsed County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards in…...

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wweek.com > news > health > 08/19/2026 > ohsus-ex-ceo-is-battling-his-former-employer-heres-where-things-now-stand

OHSU’s Ex-CEO Is Battling His Former Employer. Here’s Where Things Now Stand.

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (390+ words) In December, Tarek Salaway became Oregon Health & Science University’s new health system CEO. Just over three months later, he was fired. What happened between, and after, is now the subject of considerable scrutiny after Salaway last week sued OHSU in…...

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wweek.com > news > 08/19/2026 > portlands-union-electricians-are-moving-to-idaho-at-an-alarming-rate

Portland’s Union Electricians Are Moving to Idaho at an Alarming Rate

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (953+ words) This summer, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48 has jammed its finger into the socket of Oregon politics. It has done so in ways that seem curious, if not a little foolhardy. Why in June did it make the…...