News outlets continue to cover an independent investigation of institutional harassment, discrimination, retaliation and racism, for which OHSU has hired the firm Covington & Burling LLP.

A story about Oregon not having enough vaccines to give everyone a shot notes OHSU released 23,300 vaccination appointments last week; and, while discussing vaccine equity when vaccination appointments are typically booked online, Carlos Crespo, Dr.P.H., notes some people still rely on flip cell phones without internet capabilities.

While visiting the PDX COVID-19 mass vaccination site, which celebrated its 100,000th vaccine April 9, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says: “We have to move fast, but we also have to do this equitably and make sure we get our most vulnerable populations vaccinated.”

Marc Freeman, Ph.D., is on a team of researchers that identified cells in the central nervous system of fruit flies that transition the brain from highly plastic into a less moldable, mature state.

William Messer, M.D., Ph.D., says a small number of people can get COVID-19 even though they’ve been vaccinated, and we can stop the transmission of coronavirus variants by continuing to take public health precautions.

Joaquin Cigarroa, M.D., is a member of the FDA Medical Devices Advisory Committee’s Circulatory System Panel, which recommends approval of a device that is designed to preserve non-standard donor hearts longer than traditional cold storage during pre-transplant transport.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s budget proposal would expand a program of the city’s Office of Violence Prevent that aims to prevent gun violence by having former gang members speak with gun violence victims and their families; the program would include OHSU if the mayor’s budget is approved.

Dennis Bourdette, M.D., co-wrote an editorial in Neurology that notes the benefits of COVID-19 vaccine outweigh possible risks, including developing Guillain-Barré syndrome, for which there is no clear link to vaccination.

Renee Edwards, M.D., says there is still “an ongoing demand for a volunteer workforce to assist with these clinics: "We still have an awful lot of people to vaccinate and ideally they would volunteer for multiple sessions. There are busy days ahead of us.”

A story describing how new coronavirus variants may contribute to more young people becoming infected with COVID-19 notes OHSU first detected the B.1.1.7. variant in January.