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Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota at a bill signing in 2023.
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Oregon was one of eight states and the District of Columbia, which saw fatal drug overdoses rise as the they fell in the rest of the country, according to federal data released in August 2024.
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PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District in Eugene, Ore.
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Shasta Kearns Moore and her son Malachi watch a video together in their home near Portland on Sept. 13, 2024.
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A group of rural Boardman residents assembled in a garage to speak with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley about nitrates in Boardman, Ore. in January 2023. Advocates have been seeking to address a regional nitrate crisis for years. On Friday, Oregon agencies released an eight-year plan.
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Warren George, a retired business consultant from Corvallis, has been a longtime advocate for a single-payer health care system.
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Vapes, or e-cigarettes, typically contain nicotine but not tobacco.
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The OHSU Center for Health & Healing Building 2 in the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, on July 25, 2020.
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