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A box of Narcan, an-opioid reversing drug, before it was distributed at a day shelter in Ontario, Ore. on Oct. 13, 2022.
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Pictured, a team at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford cared for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit during the pandemic.
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Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters and his wife, Teresa, at their home in Durant, Oklahoma. When Winters found out in August 2022 that he had bladder cancer, he braced for the fight of his life. But he says prior authorization created multiple obstacles that delayed care, including surgery. Winters says his cancer has advanced to stage 4.
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Vapes, or e-cigarettes, typically contain nicotine but not tobacco.
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Pictured: the North Albany building of The Corvallis Clinic, P.C.
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Protest signs were placed by the Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center's entrance during a vigil for the birth center's closure on March 17, 2023.
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Tents in downtown Portland on March 14, 2022.
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