Oregon Health Authority

Rural Oregon communities are getting a significant boost — 97 million dollars spread across 136 projects to help recruit doctors, expand telehealth, and support maternal and behavioral health services.

With millions on the table, rural healthcare in Oregon is about to get a much-needed boost. Let’s see where it goes.

March Madness isn’t just about basketball this year; it's also shinning a light on a serious issue many are facing our communities, rural and urban.

While Oregonians work through open enrollment and federal changes impacting health insurance premiums, the Oregon Health Authority says a multi-state pharmacy discount program that started in the Beaver State, is expanding.

Public health offices around the state have received calls in recent weeks from Oregonians confused about if and where they can get a COVID shot.

Much of Oregon and the Northwest is starting the week under an Extreme Heat Warning, or a Heat Advisory, prompting health warnings for people with underlying conditions, and of course those working outside.

Gambling disorders are on the rise, and many experts attribute it to the increase in on-line gambling making access easier.  The Oregon Health Authority reports nearly 90,000 Oregonians have moderate to severe gambling problems.  Kaiser Permanente Northwest psychiatrist Dr. Eric Tran says tre...

The Oregon Health Authority wants you to check your home for a potentially cancer-causing gas.  Radon can build up in your home and you'd never know it.  The OHA’s Brett Sherry says it's invisible and doesn't smell.   "Radon is a natu...

This is open enrollment season for health care plans.  Amy Coven, with the Oregon Health Authority, said Marketplace health insurance is for people who can't get it elsewhere.   "Open enrollment is for anyone who needs health coverage.  Typically, f...

The first case of bird flu found in a pig appears to be here in the Northwest.  State health officials say a pig was infected with bird flu at a Central Oregon farm where the virus was detected in ducks and geese last week.  State Veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz says f...