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Woman out of hospital after head-on crash with wrong-way truck driver
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Mar 18, 2013 at 6:34 AM
A 24-year-old woman was out of the hospital just hours after she was hit by an oncoming tractor-trailer driver barreling the wrong way on the Interstate 205 bridge on Monday morning. Katherine M. Emerson was rushed to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical...

A long shot to live, now Tyler Burton is walking
Feb 4, 2013 at 5:01 PM
A 21-year-old Vancouver native who suffered a crippling brain injury after being punched in California last October is walking again. Tyler Burton says that following his impressive recovery he wants to play football again.

New CPR increases survival rate threefold
Dec 11, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Some people in the medical community say a new form of CPR increases your survival rate by three times. It's called compression only CPR.

Meningitis outbreak prompts Oregon Health Authority drug recall
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Oct 19, 2012 at 6:35 PM
As a precautionary measure, the Oregon Health Authority has notified at least 20 clinics in the state about the recall on any drugs that were received from the company in New England. So far, there's no evidence the tainted drugs were sent to Oregon.

Mock car crash provides training opportunity
Oct 17, 2012 at 9:16 AM
A mock car crash with 'injuries' provided a perfect training opportunity for Eugene and Springfield emergency medical personnel Tuesday.

Injured worker pulled from under highway paving machine
Sep 20, 2012 at 7:24 AM
It took about 45 minutes for fire crews to pull Justin Pitts from under the machine and witnesses said an initial attempt to lift the paving machine off of him with another piece of equipment failed, causing the paving machine to fall back onto Pitts a second time.

PeaceHealth, Catholic Health Initiatives plan merger
Aug 21, 2012 at 12:49 PM
PeaceHealth has announced plans to merge with Catholic Health Initiatives, a move that will create a system with 16 hospitals in the Northwest.

Pregnant Wash. woman, children survive car crash into ravine
Aug 4, 2012 at 4:27 PM
A pregnant woman and her two children are recovering in a hospital after their car rolled 75 feet into a ravine Friday evening.

'Getting fit with Sluggo' at PK Park
Aug 4, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Some local children braved Saturday's heat for another installment of the Eugene Emeralds and PeaceHealth Medical Group's "Sluggo's Fitness Challenge Day" at PK Park.

2012 Healthy Communities Speaker Series starts June 19
Jun 15, 2012 at 2:01 PM

From the City of Eugene
The City of Eugene is proud to host the first presentation of the 2012 Healthy Communities Speaker Series featuring Dr. Richard J. Jackson.
Dr. Jackson is the host of a 2012 public television series Designing...
Downtown Eugene

It's not illegal for health care workers to refuse immunizations
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May 22, 2012 at 9:57 PM
In Oregon there's even a law that's been in place for more than 20 years expressly prohibiting a hospital from requiring workers to be immunized.

Capstone apartments get green light
May 10, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Apartment project gets nod by 6-2 vote--including tax breaks

Capstone apartments get green light
May 10, 2012 at 9:41 AM

EUGENE, Ore. - One of the biggest housing projects ever for downtown Eugene, got the go signal Wednesday.

The Capstone student high rise has been approved by the Eugene City Council.

Local college students will be able to hang...
Downtown Eugene

Should hospitals stop giving out formula samples?
Apr 11, 2012 at 1:21 PM
The consumer advocate group Public Citizen just launched a new campaign to get hospitals to stop giving out formula samples in maternity discharge bags.

Early childhood education conference for parents Feb. 25
Feb 16, 2012 at 2:23 PM

From a press release

A conference for Eugene and Springfield area parents to learn parenting techniques from early childhood special educators and community leaders is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25.

Presented by Early...
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