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The Knight Cancer Research Building at Oregon Health & Science University.
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COURTESY OHSU
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SHOWN IN 2018, KIM TOEVS IS HELPING LEAD THE RESPONSE TO THE MONKEYPOX IN PORTLAND AS THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND HARM REDUCTION DIRECTOR FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY./COURTESY PHOTO SHARED WITH PERMISSION BY PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland in 2016.
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GERD ALTMANN/PIXABAY
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JASON LAMPMAN, A FARMER OUTSIDE MCMINNVILLE, TENDS TO HIS HEMP CROPS ON HIS ONE-ACRE PLOT. HE'S HOPING TO GROW PSILOCYBIN ONCE PERMITS BECOME AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR./JONI LAND/OPB
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KYLE KOPEC, BRADEN HEALTH’S CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, HOLDS UP A SAMPLE OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES LEFT BEHIND AT A TENNESSEE HOSPITAL. AS THE COMPANY TAKES OVER ABANDONED HOSPITALS, A MAJOR TASK IS FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH OLD MEDICAL RECORDS STACKED IN BOXES./BLAKE FARMER/KAISER HEALTH NEWS
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DR. LAUREL DESNICK, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE PARK CITY-COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN MONTANA, PREPARES TO DELIVER BOXES OF NARCAN TO LOCAL HOTELS. THE FREE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCAN, THE BRAND NAME OF THE DRUG NALOXONE, WHICH CAN REVERSE OPIOID OVERDOSES, IS ONE PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY BORNE OUT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC./KATHERYN HOUGHTON/KHN