OHSU in the news

Nov. 11 isn’t just Veterans Day. It’s also National Lung Cancer Screening Day

Audacy November 06, 2023
Chris Slatore, M.D., highlights National Lung Cancer Screening Day coinciding with Veteran’s Day, emphasizing the VA's commitment to delivering best-in-class care to veterans: “In 2022, lung cancer took over 130,000 Americans from us, and 8,000 veterans every year are served by the VA who have lung cancer. Those are just not numbers, those are real people."

Hospital Runs Food Pantry for Its Workers

Willamette Week November 05, 2023
Hillsboro Medical Center offers an employee pantry for “all staff who find themselves in need." An OHSU spokesperson provided context that the agreement with Hillsboro Medical Center means OHSU clinicians provide services there, but the center runs its own operations in terms of leadership and employment.

When Libs of TikTok tweets, threats increasingly follow

USA Today November 05, 2023
A USA Today story investigates the link between targeting and threats from the Libs of TikTok, an "enormously popular conservative social media channel." OHSU is included among a list of institutions targeted.

DA Mike Schmidt makes bid for reelection official

The Oregonian November 04, 2023
In an OregonLive article on his bid for a second term as Multnomah County district attorney, Mike Schmidt says he would use his second term to continue to work with OHSU to "address the root causes of gun violence."
See more stories