Every year about 1,000 new cases of osteosarcoma are diagnosed in the U.S., and nearly half of these are in children and teens. Katrina Winsnes, M.D., explains why this population is so heavily affected.

Through a training program at Oregon Health & Science University, hundreds of dental professionals nationwide are learning how to better understand issues with substance use disorder and how they can be addressed.

An OHSU School of Dentistry training helps dental professionals safely manage their patients’ pain while also helping curb the national opioid epidemic. The training includes information on the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which Karan Replogle, D.D.S., M.S., says allows her as a dentist to “have a conversation with any patient about their pain, how they're currently managing pain, and how that may affect any pain medication that I need to prescribe to them as a dentist for a dental procedure."

OPB reports that bivalent vaccine boosters for children are hard to find in Oregon. Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., says, “We quickly saw that the demand for that vaccine outstripped our ability to keep it in stock.”

However, not long after Ariella was admitted to the hospital, she was transferred to Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland, where she is currently in the pediatric intensive care unit.

In Oregon, there are only three hospitals with a pediatric ICU — OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel — and Providence St. Vincent’s Hospital.

OHSU forecast in an Oregon Health Authority media briefing that raised concern about an increase in other respiratory illnesses, influenza and RSV.

Gov. Kate Brown declares a public health emergency in response to a surge of children hospitalized for respiratory viruses including RSV. In a news release from the governor, Dana A. Braner, M.D., says, “Like other hospitals in the region and across the country, OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is currently admitting a high number of sick patients. Illnesses have hit our communities hard – and this comes on top of extreme health care staffing challenges which were exacerbated by the pandemic. We expect this spike in illness to continue in the coming months. The dedicated staff here at Doernbecher are incredible, and they will continue to provide quality, compassionate care for our patients.”

OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and Randall Children’s Hospital are the only two hospitals in the state with pediatric ICUs. Providence St. Vincent’s Hospital has a limited number of ICU beds for children.

Gov. Kate Brown declares a public health emergency in response to a surge of children hospitalized for respiratory viruses including RSV. In a news release from the governor, Dana A. Braner, M.D., says, “Like other hospitals in the region and across the country, OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is currently admitting a high number of sick patients. Illnesses have hit our communities hard – and this comes on top of extreme health care staffing challenges which were exacerbated by the pandemic. We expect this spike in illness to continue in the coming months. The dedicated staff here at Doernbecher are incredible, and they will continue to provide quality, compassionate care for our patients.”