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In past years, firefighters typically let their protective suits, or turnout gear, get soiled and potentially toxic, as this 15-year-old photo of firefighter Shane Nantz at a Charlotte training fire shows. More firehouses now have the equipment to clean the gear on site, Nantz says. Clean or not, turnout gear may contain toxic PFAS chemicals.
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COURTESY SHANE NANTZ
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Lore Wilkinson’s medication for her rare muscle disease used to cost so little she paid for it without using insurance, but her most recent bill shows her insurer paid about $40,000 for a month’s supply. Wilkinson and many others with rare diseases across the country are getting caught in the crossfire of an ongoing legal debate over orphan drugs.
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LIAM JAMES DOYLE FOR KHN
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U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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LOUIS VELAZQUEZ/UNSPLASH
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Nurses at Legacy Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
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LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT
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Activists on Feb. 13, 2023, protested the proposed closure of Mount Hood Family Birth Center in Gresham.
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JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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Abortion pills.
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PHOTO BY VALASIURUA/WIKI COMMONS
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