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The annual report finds climate change is increasingly undermining every pillar of good health, yet, mitigation efforts remain inadequate.

Los Robles Health System is working to “crush” the opioid drug crisis by raising awareness about the dangers of opioid misuse and the importance of safe and proper disposal of unused or expired medications. Crush the Crisis will take place Sat., Oct. 29 at Los Robles Regional Medical Center, 215 W. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks.

Leaders of the 20-year-old self-run community, sanctioned by the city of Portland, say it’s reached stability. The city’s aggressive new camping ban could throw that into disarray.

HCA Healthcare hopes to “Crush the Crisis” by raising awareness about opioid misuse and the importance of properly disposing of medications.

In the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, clergy and other community leaders will gather at the Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, where Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once gave a sermon back in 1961. They will then march to Dawson Park for a press conference to implore Oregon voters to address record-breaking gun violence by passing Measure 114.

While hospitals might seem to be the unwitting victims of climate disasters, the U.S. health care system shoulders a good deal of the blame.

The University of New Mexico will host a public forum on “The National Academies Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education,” on Wednesday, Nov. 2 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the SUB Ballroom C and on Zoom. The forum will...

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America released a new report detailing nearly 800 medicines targeting common chronic...

Title IX Complaints at Harvard Surge After Pandemic Low, Per Annual Report | News | The Harvard Crimson

One year in, and the Portland Street Response (PSR) is meeting its ambitious goals, according to a new report released by Portland State University's Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative Tuesday. The PSR is a program that dispatches teams of three—including at least one social worker and one emergency medical responder—to certain 911 calls that don't require an armed officer. PSR, which launched as a pilot program in February 2021, specifically responds to emergen...