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After seven years living on Portland sidewalks, Anthony Hurt was ready for a change. It was 2019—nine years after his 2-year-old daughter’s death sent his life spiraling into a fog of depression, addiction, and homelessness—and the 36-year-old had reached a breaking point. “I was tired of waking up cold and wet and not knowing if my things would get stolen if I left them anywhere,” said Hurt. “It was too hard.” Hurt checked himself into...

Applications are now available for the Town of Vail’s E-Bikes for Essentials program, which will provide six free electric bikes to Vail residents and essential workers who meet specific criteria. The participant agreement and application...

Hall Monitor is semi-regular column on issues related to Portland City Hall and its influence on the community it serves. ——— What is volunteer-led police oversight expected to look like? What happens when a police accountability group inherently trusts law enforcement? These are the questions at the center of a discussion headed to City Hall as a new police oversight group moves to expand. Prior to last year, Portland was home to two public-facing police...

My friends, you should be angry about our broken medical system, but we don't have to let it make us feel bitter, broken, and burned out. On this much, Mandela and Angelou agree. This false dichotomy that many would make between burnout and moral injury is not necessary. Let's fix the morally injurious medical system while we also work toward helping the physicians who are burned out by it.

The National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector this week launched Health Care Leaders Speak Out on Climate Change, a video series featuring perspectives from health care leaders involved in the collaborative.

This Viewpoint discusses how the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the burnout felt by the entire health care workforce, including nursing assistants, transp

This Viewpoint discusses investments that can be made in the health care sector in committing to equitable, patient-centered climate action to jointly ensure ca

/PRNewswire/ -- Medicaid | Medicare | CHIP Services Dental Association (MSDA) today announced the first-ever national Medicaid Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

The petition urges DEQ to enforce trash load limits on the Willamette using the federal Clean Water Act, a tactic thats been used in a few places.

The petition urges DEQ to enforce trash load limits on the Willamette using the federal Clean Water Act, a tactic thats been used few places.