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The number of children reported with anxiety and depression increased between 2016 and 2020 by 26% nationally, with 1.5 million more children with anxiety and depression in 2020 than 2016. In Oregon, the increase is even higher.
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Colleen CooverThe proposed Westside Bypass freeway in Washington County had a lot of momentum — until critics said it ran afoul of Oregon's growth management system. The freeway fight in the early 1990s wound up affecting transportation policies throughout the state. -
Emily Green/Lund ReportDespite a windfall of new funding that could combat Oregon’s meth-fueled behavioral health crisis, leaders have no plan and risk leaving promising approaches on the shelf.
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Cincinnati ZooFiona the Hippo got a baby brother last week. Her 23-year-old mom gave birth to a healthy calf, who has not been named yet.
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NIAIDWastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry has rescinded a map that identified the wildfire risk levels on 1.8 million tax lots across the state after being flooded with complaints from concerned property owners.
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In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and other patients are paying the price.
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A federal study ordered by Congress concluded it would be feasible to reintroduce sea otters to the Oregon and northern California coasts. However, that finding doesn't mean the super-cute predators will be relocated into their former ocean habitat anytime soon.
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An Australian company staked a massive lithium claim on the desert playa only to later find the land is off limits to mining.
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The three candidates for governor would bring very different approaches to Oregon’s skyrocketing prices and lack of stock.
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Some California lawmakers want to help parents protect their children’s mental health by targeting website elements they say were designed to hook kids.
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The death toll doubled when two additional bodies were found within the burn zone of the McKinney Fire, the state's largest blaze of the year.
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California is declaring a state emergency in response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday evening. It is the second state in the country to do so, with Illinois making a similar announcement just hours before.
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The Legislature has already approved new gun restrictions, but big battles remain over mental health treatment, COVID-19 vaccines and more.
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UPDATE Monday 3:00 P.M. Two people were found dead inside a burned vehicle in the path of the McKinney Fire, according to the Siskiyou County sheriff's office on Monday morning.
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California is in the midst of its driest period in at least 1,200 years, according to a recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change. And, climatologists say early predictions point toward yet another below-average rainy season in the coming months that would only worsen the already extreme drought conditions.
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