KGW interviews the mother of a critically ill infant with RSV at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Dawn Nolt, M.D., M.P.H., warns of a particularly severe respiratory season as communities face rising numbers of COVID-19, flu and RSV simultaneously. Nolt urges community members to stay up to date on vaccinations and COVID boosters.

Richie Kohli, B.D.S, M.S., and Karan Replogle, D.D.S., M.S., describe the live video pain management and substance use disorder training they organize for dental professionals. Kohli says: “It’s important we talk to patients about what are other alternatives before we prescribe opioids, so patients can make a good, informed decision.”

The Oregonian highlights a group of McDaniel High School students volunteering as emergency responders, including Anthony Vo, who is interning at OHSU and hopes to become a trauma surgeon.

In an OPB story about rising cases of RSV among infants and toddlers, Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., says, “Babies can literally look like they are kind of drowning in snot. Suctioning them so they can get some breaths through their nose and they can feel a little bit better is one of our major interventions.”

A recent OHSU study showed that children with a parent who received a flu vaccine are nearly twice as likely to be fully vaccinated by 2 years old and urges children and adults to stay up-to-date on COVID-19 booster and flu vaccines.

In a story about yoga and meditation practices, Mashable cites new research from Selda Yildiz, Ph.D., suggesting that different yogic breathing patterns can improve the movement and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid.

OHSU is the second center in the country to implant interneurons in the brain as part of a clinical trial to treat an intractable form of epilepsy. Kim Burchiel, M.D., says he is optimistic the procedure will become a more routine option along with current standard forms of surgical intervention, including implanted stimulators or resection. He says, “Where I see us moving now is into more of what I would call the restorative era. Neural restoration – the idea being, don’t remove it, don’t necessarily use electrical impulses to try to modify it – but try to restore it. And that, to me, I think it’s the Holy Grail right now of what we do in neurology and neurosurgery.”

In an Oncology Times story on the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual progress report, current AACR President Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., says the “revolution in immune therapies,” has allowed cancer patients who previously would have died within 2 years of their diagnoses to live for 15 years or longer.

In an Oncology Times story on the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual progress report, current AACR President Lisa Coussens, Ph.D., says the “revolution in immune therapies,” has allowed cancer patients who previously would have died within 2 years of their diagnoses to live for 15 years or longer.