Oregon’s high behavioral health needs outpace the state’s availability to provide services, according to an audit report from the Secretary of State’s Office.

In a May 8 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provided exclusively to KFF Health News, Wyden, the top Democrat on ...

A bill intended to improve medical care and behavioral health access for children in the custody of the state is scheduled ...

Both oppose GOP attempts to slash federal funding for the health care program for lower-income Americans and some people with ...

FDA commissioner Marty Makary told FDA staff in an email that Prasad, “brings a great set of skills, energy, and competence ...

Felisa Hagins, executive director of the Oregon State Council of the Service Employees International Union was among several ...

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 19 other attorneys general in filing the lawsuit. He was also part of a coalition ...

PHOENIX — As an Arizona bill to block people from using government aid to buy soda headed to the governor’s desk in April, the nation’s top health official joined Arizona lawmakers in the state ...

Eight states — New York, Maine, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — have passed laws ...

Kitzhaber has prominence on the national stage thanks in part to Oregon’s reforms. About a decade ago he was considered one ...

The public outcry comes at a time when the agency, which oversees care to more than 1.4 million low-income people, is dealing ...

The number of measles cases is approaching 1,000 across 29 states, according to newly released federal statistics. Even as ...