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HOSPICE NURSE RAUL DIAZ CHECKS AARON MARTINEZ’S VITAL SIGNS. DESPITE HIS MOM’S SEEMINGLY HEALTHY PREGNANCY, AARON WAS BORN WITH MOST OF HIS BRAIN CELLS DEAD, THE RESULT OF TWO STROKES AND A MASSIVE BLEED THAT OCCURRED IN UTERO./HEIDI DE MARCO/KHN
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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BEN BOTKIN/THE LUND REPORT
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A man, 23, sits on the sidewalk in downtown Portland, preparing what he says is heroin, June 25, 2021.
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KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB