Gov. Tina Kotek announced Dr. Sejal Hathi as the new director of the Oregon Health Authority on Monday. Hathi serves as deputy health commissioner for New Jersey Public Health Services. She previously served as a senior public health policy advisor in the Biden administration and has more than a decade of experience in medicine, health …
LaSalle-Peru High School students and staff are excited about the school’s new menus. Director of Food and Nutrition Services Bobby Riahi was honored Wednesday by the LaSalle-Peru High School Board for changing those meals and energizing a part of school life for students. Riahi was in this program since he was hired in January because …
Wegovy injection pens Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At a health care conference, executives debated whether employers should pay for workers’ weight-loss drugs. A Blackstone executive warned that expensive GLP-1 drugs could put some employers out of business. Panelists agreed that companies covering drugs should do so as part of a broader support …