The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health holds a community forum on the impacts of gun violence.

Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H. and a team of OHSU researchers adapt a mini-sponge prototype to control postpartum hemorrhage within 1 minute of placement.

Comment from Mark Slifka is included in an article about the safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 clinical trial following the untimely and unrelated death of a study participant.

Robert Duehmig speaks regarding underfunding of rural primary care clinics in Oregon.

Ajit Jetmalani, M.D., discusses the importance of community-based social supports, including those offered by in-person school, for children who experience trauma due to Oregon wildfires, COVID-19.

In an article describing what patients should consider before seeking experimental coronavirus treatments, Annette Totten, M.D., says: “The challenge is the evidence is not good because everything with COVID is new. I think it’s hard to cut through all the noise.”

In an editorial about unintended consequences of closing businesses to tame the pandemic, Robert Duehmig notes some health care works were laid off after non-essential procedures were temporarily halted. “Thanks to federal dollars, everybody’s still here. But some providers are just hanging on,” he says.

Sandra Rugonyi, Ph.D., and colleagues create 3D images of a chicken embryo heart to obtain news insights into congenital heart defects.

Ymir Genomics LLC and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute announce a licensing agreement and filed patent application to protect and promote newly-discovered high value urinary biomarkers for detecting cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in at-risk patient populations. Christina Binder, M.D., Ph.D., says: “There is a real need for non-invasive, widely available biomarkers for cirrhosis and HCC. We believe this collaboration will further the work on early detection of these diseases."

An evidence review conducted at OHSU confirms that individuals who are severely ill from COVID-19 may be infectious for as long as 20 days.