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A view of the Oregon State Capitol in November 2024.
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A pile of flowers and a note eulogizing Bobby Smallwood, a security officer for Legacy Health, sit outside the Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he was killed during a confrontation on July 30, 2023.
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As respiratory illnesses cause increasing strain on hospitals in Oregon and Washington, PeaceHealth officials are telling people not to come to the emergency room at Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver if at all possible.
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COURTESY OF PEACEHEALTH
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A doctor using a digital tablet.
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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Rep. Travis Nelson, a nurse, speaks at a conference held by CCO Oregon, on Wednesday in Salem as Rep. Lisa Reynolds, a physician, listens.
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Washington Attorney General Nick Brown speaks outside the federal courthouse in Seattle where a judge sided with his office, temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s order to stop federal funding for facilities that provide gender-affirming care to young people.
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PHOTO BY JAKE GOLDSTEIN-STREET
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
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Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is tentatively being absorbed by California-based Adventist Health.
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PHOTO BY LARVICK MEDIA/COURTESY OF MCMC