Information from the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute website on the difference between UVA and UVB rays is cited in a KGW-TV story about the high rate of melanoma in Oregon.

Danny Jacobs, M.D., discusses former Oregon Gov. Hatfield's impact on OHSU at a celebration of his legacy: KXL News. A traveling exhibit honoring Hatfield will be displayed at the Mark O. Hatfield Research Center at OHSU from Aug.1 - Oct. 2.

Healthcare Design Magazine highlights the sensory garden at the Elks Children’s Eye Clinic, which creates a welcoming environment for children whose sight may be limited.

In a Snopes story addressing whether a woman overdosed from a "fentanyl-laced dollar bill," Todd Korthuis, M.D., says: "The risk of significant fentanyl exposure through skin contact is extremely low. It’s important to correct this widely circulated myth.”

Continued coverage of a new study led by Jane Zhu, M.D., finds almost six out of 10 in-network providers listed under Oregon Medicaid provider directories are not actually available to see patients.

The July 7 forecast by Peter Graven, Ph.D., predicts the current surge will reach a peak number of COVID cases by mid-July that is similar to what Oregon experienced in January 2022, but will result in fewer hospitalizations.

The ability for COVID-19 to trigger psychosis -- a break with reality that is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, agitation or paranoia -- is the focus of a BuzzFeed News story. Mujeeb Shad, M.D., says: "This virus is one of the most complex viruses we've ever known, and nobody can predict which system it’s going to affect more than the other, whether it's the [central nervous system], the kidneys, the lungs, or even the skin."

Jonah Sacha, Ph.D., is leading a new study evaluating the experimental monoclonal antibody leronlimab as a potential one-time treatment to be delivered via gene therapy that could provide a functional cure for HIV. Sacha says: “Currently, patients often take multiple antiretroviral pills daily. Removing this pill burden could not only improve patients’ quality of life, but remove problems with adherence."

Peter Graven, Ph.D., says COVID-19 cases are increasing due to the more infectious BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants and predicts Oregon’s current surge could reach a peak number of cases that matches what the state experienced in January 2022, but with fewer cases requiring hospitalization.

KATU-TV profiles Stephen Donnelly, M.D., who traveled to Ukraine with paramedics and EMTs and helped teach life-saving skills to 500 volunteers. Donnelly says: "These people four months ago, they weren’t anticipating this at all. They were working their usual jobs. We worked with interpreters, teachers, professors, other physicians, nurses, other paramedics, factory workers, farmers. They weren’t expecting to do this."