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Overwhelmed With COVID Patients, Oregon Hospitals Postpone Surgeries And Cancer Care
Patients with advanced cancer and heart disease are among those who have had to wait for surgeries and other procedures as critically ill, unvaccinated COVID patients strain the medical system.
Delta-Fueled Infections Are Moving Through Rural, Southern Oregon ‘Like A Buzzsaw’
Although Portland has helped boost Oregon’s overall vaccination rate, rural areas lag far behind. That’s allowed the pandemic to rage in places like the Rogue Valley, where hospitals are overwhelmed.
Utah Voters Approved Medicaid Expansion, But State Lawmakers Are Balking
Political fights over health care continue to flare. In Utah, angry voters say lawmakers are disregarding their wishes by trying to limit the scope of a ballot referendum that expanded Medicaid.
How Sen. Orrin Hatch Shaped America’s Health Care In Controversial Ways
Republican Orrin Hatch is leaving the Senate after 42 years. He led bipartisan efforts to get more kids and AIDS patients health care. He also thrived on donations from the drug industry.
