Guests Heidi Pendergast and Emma Knighton discuss the use of the psychedelic Psilocybin in the treatment of mental illness, primarily long-term depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Val Hoyle from the 4th Congressional district appear together on the JX to lay out the vision for the federal assist to Oregon educators with opiod crisis.

Providence hospital staff gave a 10-day notice for the largest strike of health care workers in Oregon’s history. The walkout includes nurses in the Rogue Valley.

Records show how state medical advisors decided questions around youth transgender care were outweighed by a state law ensuring access.

California officials have declared a state of emergency over the spread of bird flu, which is tearing through dairy cows in that state and causing sporadic illnesses in people in the U.S. That raises new questions about the virus, which has spread for years in wild birds, commercial poultry and many mammal species.

Oregon ranks last in the country went it comes to providing mental health services to youth in need.

Despite nationwide overdose deaths dropping in 2023 — the first decrease in over five years — deaths in Oregon rose.

The Oregon Health Authority is concerned that schools don't have enough mental health professionals on campus to serve students who need such services.

A legislative task force studying the public health impacts of alcohol abuse and whether to raise alcohol taxes for addiction treatment has ended its work without endorsing any specific recommendations.

Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns.

Advocates of psilocybin treatment say 2024 was the year when Oregon’s psychedelic program started to stand on its own.

Employers and unions are grappling with the opioid crisis, while the state inches toward requiring Narcan in workplaces.