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THE HARM REDUCTION COALITION OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY GIVES AWAY FREE SYRINGES. THE PROGRAM’S GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF BLOODBORNE ILLNESSES, BUT CRITICS SAY CONTAMINATED NEEDLES END UP IN PARKS AND CREEKS./RACHEL BLUTH/KAISER HEALTH NEWS
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MANIKINS ARE USED IN NURSING SCHOOL SIMULATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND, SEPT. 23, 2021./JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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MICHELLE FULLINGTON HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER SNACKS FOR STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE'S BEEN LIVING DUE TO HER DAUGHTER'S HEALTH ISSUES./COURTESY OF MICHELLE FULLINGTON/MEDICAL MOTHERHOOD
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ANTHEM WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN INDIANAPOLIS IN 2016./JONATHAN WEISS/SHUTTERSTOCK
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A critical care nurse at OHSU gets a COVID-19 vaccine.
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WORKERS STRIKE TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 2021 AT THE MCKENZIE-WILLAMETTE MEDICAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD./CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT
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PAMELA WINN, A REGISTERED NURSE BY TRAINING, WAS PREGNANT WHEN INCARCERATED IN 2008. AFTER A MISCARRIAGE, SHE WAS PUT INTO SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WHAT SHE WAS TOLD WAS MEDICAL OBSERVATION. THAT EIGHT MONTHS IN SOLITARY SCARRED HER FOR LIFE, SHE SAYS./KATJA RIDDERBUSCH/KHN
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DR. PAULA BRAVEMAN, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER ON SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO, SAYS HER LATEST RESEARCH REVEALED AN “ASTOUNDING” LEVEL OF EVIDENCE THAT RACISM IS A DECISIVE “UPSTREAM” CAUSE OF HIGHER RATES OF PRETERM BIRTH AMONG BLACK WOMEN./NANCY ROTHSTEIN/KHN
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THE LEGACY-GOHEALTH URGENT CARE LOCATION IN WEST LINN SERVED AS A COVID-19 RAPID TESTING CENTER IN LATE 2020. IT'S NOW BEING CLOSED DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGES LINKED TO THE HEALTH SYSTEM'S VACCINE MANDATE./GOHEALTH URGENT CARE
