Daycares and camps are reopening and parents are considering the risks; Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., says: “If you have a child with moderate to severe respiratory, cardiac or other chronic health conditions, we would encourage you to check in with their team who is caring with them and will know their individual risk.”

Knight Cancer Institute ranks among the nations “50 best cancer hospitals in 2000 and 2020."

Key to Oregon study temporarily delays mailing home-based test kits to study participants.

In an article on how nursing homes are handling the pandemic, John Townes, M.D., says inadequate ventilation and crowded living areas make way for transmitting the virus, and nursing homes should also be sanitizing surfaces frequently and also wearing PPE.

In an article on the devastating mental health effects of high-profile incidents of racism and policy brutality, Alisha Moreland-Capuia, M.D., says: “The persistent pandemic is racism. That's the pandemic. Recent deaths of individuals of color and the deleterious impact of COVID-19 on communities of color stems all the way from 1776.”

Willscott Naugler, M.D. and Susan Orloff, M.D., co-author a JAMA Surgery commentary that calls for a more comprehensive approach to fixing inequities in organ allocation.

Yen Pham, R.Ph., BS, MBA, says: “Be calm, be transparent with your staff, constantly communicate, and anticipate the worst-case scenario.”

Lehigh University News profiles former student-athlete and current Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery resident Natalie Krane, M.D.

Andrew Moore, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine alum and attending emergency medicine fellow in the Center for Policy and Research at OHSU, describes some of the nation’s earliest confirmed cases of coronavirus in Oregon.

Danny Jacobs, M.D., and David Bangsberg, M.D., present on Key to Oregon study at “back to work” webinar, hosted by Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon.