To help ensure its hospitals and clinics remain as safe as possible for the long term, OHSU requires all members -- employees, learners and volunteers institution-wide -- be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive an approved medical or religious exception by Oct. 18.

OHSU's Edward Neuwelt, M.D., and Kristin Knight, M.S., comment on a new study on hearing loss caused by cisplatin chemotherapy.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends low-dose aspirin during the first trimester of pregnancy to limit risks of preeclampsia; OHSU's Aaron Caughey, M.D., Ph.D., says: “We know that aspirin interacts with some molecules in the bloodstream that are related to inflammation, and we think it impacts the way the placenta implants in the uterus.”

Paul Yang, M.D., Ph.D., presents findings from a study evaluating a gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, which causes progressive vision loss, at the International Symposium on Retinal Degeneration.

OHSU's Eric Roeland, M.D., participates in a virtual expert panel addressing the importance of supportive care for patients with cancer who have “debilitating diarrhea that can be experienced because of cancer therapy."

OHSU's Eric Roeland, M.D., participates in a virtual expert panel addressing the importance of supportive care for patients with cancer who have “debilitating diarrhea that can be experienced because of cancer therapy."

The latest forecast from Peter Graven, Ph.D., indicates the delta surge has peaked but Oregon hospitals continue to experience extreme strain.

With the increasing rate of COVID-19 cases in children, Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., says: “The best way to protect kids that can’t be vaccinated is to have all the adults around them vaccinated.”

OHSU is partnering with OHA, the Oregon Department of Education and school districts across the state to provide free COVID-19 weekly screening for students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade.

Five Oregonians are hospitalized after misusing the anti-parasitic therapy ivermectin for COVID.