Set to open to the public Feb. 21, Great Circle Recovery Clinic addresses ongoing opioid crisis The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is bringing its whole-person opioid addiction treatment to Portland. Dozens attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the ...
15 Feb 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Congress announces long-awaited advance funds for Indian Health Service, but ongoing underfunding is problematic Native nations in the Pacific Northwest and across Turtle Island applauded a historic decision to provide $5.13 billion in advance appropriati ...
18 Jan 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Native Americans seeking abortions must negotiate a complex maze of legal, financial and jurisdictional barriers to receive care Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. After the landmark Supreme Court decision in ...
13 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Anomalies in public data regarding COVID-19 protocols cause concern Like elsewhere in the state, COVID-19 isn’t over inside Oregon’s prisons. Amid a growing outbreak at Coffee Creek Intake Center and pending lawsuits regarding the Oregon Department of Cor ...
8 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
As providers are dealing with increasing numbers of out-of-state patients, rural Oregonians also face a lack of access The leaked Supreme Court draft revealing the likely reversal of the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade is reverberating acros ...
25 May 2022 - Melanie Henshaw