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IN 2012, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ORE., EPIDEMIOLOGIST KIMBERLY REPP WAS ASKED BY COUNTY OFFICIALS TO STUDY SUICIDE. SHE ACCOMPANIED ONE OF THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S DEATH INVESTIGATORS ON HIS GRIM ROUNDS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. “NOTHING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE,” SHE SAYS./ADAM WICKHAM FOR KHN
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THROUGHOUT HER YOUNG LIFE, SYLVIA COLT-LACAYO HAS BEEN TOLD HER DISABILITY DIDN’T NEED TO HOLD HER BACK. HEIDI DE MARCO/KHN
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DONNA FERGUSON MEETS HER SURGEON IN CANCUN THE DAY BEFOREHER SURGERY./ROCCO SAINT-MLEUX FOR KAISER HEALTH NEWS
