Judith Guzman-Cottrill, D.O., recommends keeping gatherings small and taking other precautions to have a safe spring break during the pandemic.

Nancy Haigwood, Ph.D., describes her HIV research, why animal research is necessary, how nonhuman primates contributed to COVID-19 vaccine development efforts and more in the March 13 episode of the Willamette Week’s Dive podcast.

Writer Tara Dublin describes their experience receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the OHSU Portland Airport COVID-19 vaccination site, saying “All told, it was an hour out of my life to save my life.”

In an essay about how Portland could rebuild after the pandemic, Bill Hersh, M.D., writes “The opportunity and quality of living this city has always offered will return as we turn the corner on the pandemic and the economy recovers.”

While discussing a recent increase in U.S. air travel, Esther Choo, M.D., says “we have to remember that although national trends are really positive … there are certainly still areas where we are seeing very serious levels of COVID … so we still need to be really cautious.”

An OHSU study found residents said electronic health record simulations were helpful.

Theodore Braun, M.D., Ph.D., is receiving an ASH Research Restart Award to support one year of their hematologic research.

In a story on whether medical schools should require the MCAT, OHSU M.D./Ph.D. student Mollie Marr shares the challenges they faced in becoming a medical student.

In a story about the debate over revising Oregon’s death with dignity law so it applies to patients with a year or less to live instead of six months as it’s currently written, Charles Blanke, M.D., says "I think a lot of physicians would suggest that we're very good at predicting death within a year. It's not going to open the door to a flood of patients."

The All4Oregon mass-vaccination site is jointly operated by OHSU, Kaiser, Legacy and Providence in partnership with the Oregon Health Authority at the Oregon Convention Center.