Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...
12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
Robert Fuller wanted to die with dignity, on his own terms. ‘I’ll see you on May 10,’ he told his guests. For the last hours of his 75 years on Earth, Robert Fuller was married to a man he loved. “I anoint you,” said Nancy Rebecca, a nurse, clairvoyant an ...
5 Jul 2019 - Ashley Archibald
Despite decades on the books, and dispelling opponents’ fears, individuals, health care organizations and the country remain at opposite ends of the issue When Robert Fuller decided to die, it was a choice informed by personal experience. Fuller, 75, suff ...
5 Jul 2019 - Ashley Archibald
Since it opened in 2017, the primary care clinic serving Portland’s LGBTQ+ community has seen more than 1,000 patients and has added two mental health providers Prism Health, Portland’s first allopathic health clinic focused on primary care for the LGBTQ+ ...
21 Jun 2019 - Ellena Rosenthal
Nearly every Street Roots vendor who was asked had a story to tell about problems with feet People experiencing extreme poverty and homelessness often suffer from foot problems caused by ill-fitting or worn out shoes, wet shoes, shelter showers shared by ...
14 Jun 2019 - Helen Hill
Dan Currin, an emergency department crisis intervention specialist, discusses ERs’ role when psychiatric patients have nowhere else to go For people on the streets suffering from mental health issues, a crisis often means a trip either to jail or to the e ...
24 May 2019 - Helen Hill
Concordia nursing students first came to Street Roots to understand the perspectives of people on the streets. Now they come to provide care. Concordia University’s community health nursing instructor, Kinara Fender, was attending a free health fair with ...
31 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
In a unique position to advance research, the nation's cannabis industry is free of many of the obstacles pot faces in the U.S. Canopy Growth Corp., one of the world’s biggest medical marijuana producers, now wants to take on the world’s pharmaceutic ...
23 Mar 2018 - Nichola Saminather
Beaverton’s Nina Fekaris talks about the complicated overlap of housing, health care and education in Oregon’s rural communities According to Oregon Health & Science University’s Office of Rural Health, Oregon has 53 service areas in 24 counties where ...
19 Jan 2018 - Sarah Hansell
The clinic strives to make everyone feel comfortable accessing primary care – no stigma, no judgment Brandon wore his favorite blue nail polish the first time he visited Prism Health, and as he walked into the brightly colored building on Portland’s South ...
12 Jan 2018 - Ellena Rosenthal