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FIREARM INJURIES IN OREGON NEARLY DOUBLED FROM 2019 TO 2021, ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED FROM EMERGENCY ROOMS IN HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE. TWO FIREARMS, THE RUGER MINI-14 (TOP) AND THE AR-15, ARE SHOWN IN THIS OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING FILE PHOTO./JONATHAN LEVINSON/OPB
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In Hawaii, Betty Lou Dugay, 64, and her husband Manny say the absence of a Lanai-based social worker and the shift to telehealth-only psychiatry has contributed to poor mental health outcomes for Betty Lou, leading her to seek off-island psychiatric hospitalization on six occasions over the last two years./Photo by Brittany Lyte
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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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SHELBY BOYD TAKES MEDICATION AT HER HOME IN LAKE OSWEGO, AUG. 11, 2022. BOYD, WHO HAD COVID-19 IN JANUARY 2021, IS STILL ENDURING BLACKOUTS, BRAIN FOG AND FATIGUE DUE TO LONG COVID-19./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB
