David Bangsberg, M.D., and Carlos Crespo, Dr.PH., speak with the Portland Business Journalabout public health impacts of COVID-19 and public acceptance of a potential vaccine. Bangsberg says: “There are two big ifs: scaling it [COVID-19 vaccine] up and encouraging the public to trust the vaccine.”

OHSU and other major health systems are limiting elective surgeries in light of the surging case counts for COVID-19.

MPH Online, an independent online guide for prospective health students, ranks the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health as the nation’s best for online master’s of public health programs.

Renee Edwards, M.D., M.B.A., joins Gov. Kate Brown and region hospital CMOs in a press conference to discuss Oregon’s growing COVID-19 surge and the impact to hospital capacity.

Research led by Leo Han, M.D., and colleagues suggests an increase in patient acceptance of utilizing cannabis to treat gynecological conditions.

Local artists sell work to benefit OHSU Doernbecher.

Peter Jacobs, Ph.D., is among a group of international experts who created the world’s first standardized guidance to help people with Type 1 diabetes exercise safely. He says: “In general, we see that aerobic exercise—jogging, cycling, etc.—causes sharper drops in glucose compared with resistance exercise or interval exercise. And steeper drops in glucose can also occur if a person is exercising soon after a meal when they have a large amount of insulin in their body to cover the meal that they have consumed.”

OHSU is part of a clinical trial investigating CytoDyn’s drug leronlimab as a potential treatment for people with severe or critical COVID-19.

A new report co-lead by Walt Dawson, D.Phil., suggests there is an opportunity to allow more Medicare beneficiaries to receive health services at home. He says: “Covid-19 has had a major disproportionate impact on older adults and people living with chronic conditions. It presents an opportunity to rethink health care and aging systems broadly. The changes we’re advocating for, and that have occurred, should be happening regardless of Covid-19.”

Carlos Crespo, Dr.P.H., discusses the mental health burden of prolonged social distancing.