Jamie Lo, M.D., provides outside expert commentary on a study that indicated pregnant women who use marijuana are more likely to have babies with birth defects and have lower weight. Lo notes the study didn’t track how participants ingested cannabis, and smoking is associated with higher-risk pregnancies.

Despite a recent increase in statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations, Peter Graven, Ph.D., says his pandemic forecast doesn’t predict Oregon will have a large case surge.

Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., says parents should look for the following symptoms before taking their children with RSV to the emergency room: the inside of the infant’s mouth is blue; sick infants try to use their stomach, rib or neck muscles to breathe; sick infants aren’t taking in or holding down fluids.

The Child Life Therapy Program at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital helps young patients cope with being in the hospital by lending them video game systems recently donated by the nonprofit Games for Love.

The Child Life Therapy Program at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital helps young patients cope with being in the hospital by lending them video game systems recently donated by the nonprofit Games for Love.

Two children's hospitals in Oregon recently declared that they are using crisis standards of care due to the number of RSV cases, a sign that resources are becoming more scarce, TODAY reported Nov. 23.

Los hospitales de niños Doernbecher y Randall anuncian que están implementando protocolos de crisis por el alza de casos del virus respiratorio sincitial (VRS).

OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and other Portland-area hospitals implement crisis standards of care to help ensure patients get the best possible care as RSV hospitalizations increase.

Andrew McHill, Ph.D., provides outside expert commentary on a study that suggests various lifestyle factors make have a larger impact on morning alertness than genetics. He says the study is unique because it collected a wide range of predictors and evaluated them against genetic influence.

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cardiovascular Institute analyzed 23,901 medical profiles from a Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study (REGARDS) and compared the risk factors of cardiovascular events happening to middle-aged Black and White patients.