More than 150 physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants across the Legacy Health system receive union recognition. They cited in part the proposed integration of Legacy by OHSU as motivation for their unionization effort.

A story about an Oregon Health Authority report detailing what different hospitals received from commercial insurance for COVID-19 care in 2021 notes OHSU charged $934 a day for monoclonal antibody treatments that year.

Joanna Adams, PA-C, is a physician assistant who helps people recover from traumatic injuries after she recovered from a paralyzing ski accident at age 21. Adams says: “Some people say, ‘Oh, because of your injury you wanted to be a PA.’ And I tell them, ‘No, despite my injury, I became a PA.”

In a story about Portland’s beleaguered efforts to open a new crisis and sobering center after the previous one closed in 2019, George Keepers, M.D., says Oregon is not one of 35 states that allow involuntary treatment for victims of substance abuse through a civil commitment process.

A story about Texas having one of the highest rates of uninsured kids in the nation notes a 2016 OHSU study found children who are eligible for public insurance and have uninsured parents were 14 times more likely to be uninsured.

As acting chairperson of an independent FDA cancer drug advisory committee meeting, Andy Chen, M.D., says, “We have significant concerns over the very prolonged delay in getting these confirmatory studies underway.”

Research by Andrea Chobrutskiy, M.D., Boris Chobrutskiy, M.D., and others identifies a potential early esophageal cancer antigen.

Atul Deodhar, M.D., says that physical trauma in a “genetically primed host” can trigger early stages of the arthritic disease.

A study led by Andrew McHill, M.D., finds people who have a healthy weight use more energy during the day, when most people are active and eat, while those who have obesity spend more energy during the night, when most people sleep: “It was surprising to learn how dramatically the timing of when our bodies burn energy differed in those with obesity. However, we’re not sure why. Burning less energy during the day could contribute to being obese, or it could be the result of obesity.”

A study led by Andrew McHill, M.D., finds people who have a healthy weight use more energy during the day, when most people are active and eat, while those who have obesity spend more energy during the night, when most people sleep: “It was surprising to learn how dramatically the timing of when our bodies burn energy differed in those with obesity. However, we’re not sure why. Burning less energy during the day could contribute to being obese, or it could be the result of obesity.”