Health

Skeptics of Oregon’s beer and wine industry are jousting with its boosters, in the latest effort to influence how health officials characterize and manage the perils of alcohol.

A few months after officials pledged to get the deflection program back on track, WW decided to check on their progress.

Hillsboro Medical Center leaders blamed staffing shortages and low patient volumes for the move. But regulatory filings suggest the 21-bed unit was far from empty not long ago.

In recent years, Oregon health officials, desperate to get people with severe mental illness and addiction into scarce residential treatment, have been throwing their weight around.

The agency overseeing the Oregon psilocybin industry is taking various steps to address its budget woes.

Dr. Sejal Hathi is not set to receive any severance payout connected to her Aug. 1 resignation as leader of the Oregon Health Authority, state officials said Friday.

Coordinated Care Pathway Center has faced scrutiny for, among other things, serving so few people.

Dr. Sejal Hathi arrived with a mighty résumé. But some questioned whether Oregon had her full attention.

Anirudh Padmala’s departure marks worsening tumult in the top leadership overseeing the network of 19 federally-funded Portland area clinics, which collectively serve tens of thousands patients annually.

InnerTrek, which has serviced psilocybin to more than 1,200 people in Portland, says it is focusing on training psychedelic facilitators as it lets its lease expire on the Central Eastside.

The state’s prisons had among the highest COVID-19-related death rates in the country.

The departure of a notable mental health outfit from Portland Public Schools is a local expression of a broader reconfiguration underway. The district says it is working to expand partnerships with other providers.