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IN 2012, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ORE., EPIDEMIOLOGIST KIMBERLY REPP WAS ASKED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS TO STUDY SUICIDE. SHE ACCOMPANIED ONE OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S DEATH INVESTIGATORS ON HIS GRIM ROUNDS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. “NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE,” SHE SAYS./ADAM WICKHAM FOR KHN
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DR. CATHY MARKIN WROTE ABOUT HER INVESTIGATION OF A WOMANWHO SUFFERED LIPOID PNEUMONIA AFTER VAPIN IN 2012./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB
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The Oregon Health Authority's Salem headquarters.
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
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THROUGHOUT HER YOUNG LIFE, SYLVIA COLT-LACAYO HAS BEEN TOLD HER DISABILITY DIDN’T NEED TO HOLD HER BACK. HEIDI DE MARCO/KHN
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Shown in 2014, former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, a former emergency room physician, helped created the state's innovative Medicaid program known as the Oregon Health Plan.
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