In a story about temporary, pandemic-era rule changes that make it easier for opioid use disorder patients to receive treatment from home, Laurel Hallock-Koppelman, D.N.P., says “Of all of the things that have gone wrong with this pandemic, this is one good thing that has happened."

In an evidence review for the World Health Organization, Roger Chou, M.D., and colleagues find personal protective equipment plus training and education lower the rate of infection among health care workers.

Esther Choo, M.D., says OHSU is taking on lower patient volumes as it starts to schedule nonurgent procedures again.

An Editas Medicine press release states the company’s gene-editing technology for a rare inherited form of blindness was first tested in a human at OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute.

Parkinson’s exercise videos offered by the Brian Grant Foundation are based on OHSU research.

An op-ed by Allison Empey, M.D., encourages Tribal clinics to prioritize in-person newborn care, newborn well-visits and immunizations for children during the pandemic because Native Americans are at increased risk for vaccine-preventable diseases and comorbidities.

Tom Beer, M.D., F.A.C.P., discusses how the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is handling the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a story about companies rethinking their sick time policies during the pandemic, John Townes, M.D., says some people go to work because “they feel they have a duty to their jobs or their coworkers.”

David Bangsberg, M.D., M.P.H., says “we need to keep our eye on the data and go slowly” while reopening the economy in a story about frontline workers being at risk for coronavirus infection.

David Bangsberg, M.D., M.P.H., is quoted as saying Oregon Gov. Kate Brown “has outlined really sensible criteria. Whether we're ready now, I think it's too soon to say.”