Phil and Penny Knight’s $2 billion gift to the Knight Cancer Institute is mentioned in a Scientific American article about American scientists who are finding reasons for optimism, despite funding woes.

OHSU is among 38 U.S. universities ranked among the top 100 universities globally for excellence in clinical medicine, according to U.S. News & World Report.

On OPB’s Think Out Loud, Dana Braner, M.D., physician-in-chief of Doernbecher, says, “There is no question that our NICU is overcrowded, and there is no question that our nurses are working in difficult conditions. But the care in our NICU I believe is exceptional and we never, ever, ever, ever admit a child to our NICU that we cannot care for both safely and effectively.”

Parents magazine interviews experts about the Ad Council’s “Agree to Agree” initiative to encourage safe storage of firearms in the home. Ben Hoffman, M.D., says, “We can all agree that no child or teen should be harmed because of, or by, a firearm. The fact of the matter is that too many young people in America are being injured and killed as a result of firearm injuries. Whether they are 2, 10 or 17 years old, any death from a firearm injury is one too many.”

OHSU appoints Amy Shlossman executive vice president and chief executive officer of OHSH Health, effective Aug. 31. Shlossman joins OHSU from LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Maryland, and says: “I’m thrilled to return to Oregon and support OHSU Health’s exceptions care team in delivering high-quality care.”

OHSU appoints Amy Shlossman executive vice president and chief executive officer of OHSH Health, effective Aug. 31. Shlossman joins OHSU from LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Maryland, and says: “I’m thrilled to return to Oregon and support OHSU Health’s exceptions care team in delivering high-quality care.”

Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D., and Rebecca Valek, M.P.H, publish a viewpoint on Oregon’s red flag law, noting the law is underused for suicide prevention despite strong evidence of its effectiveness.

In a HuffPost article on the link between exhaustion, fatigue and iron deficiency, or anemia, Joseph Shatzel, M.D., says “Anemia ... means that the iron is low enough that the bone marrow has essentially failed to keep up. It needs iron to make red blood cells, and it just can’t make enough because it doesn’t have the right supplies … We do not have a routine recommendation in the U.S. to screen for iron deficiency,” as a result, the problem often goes unaddressed.

Oregon Institute of Technology presents its first honorary doctorate to Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., during its 2026 commencement ceremony, where Elnahal was the keynote speaker.

"Fake social media accounts, including two that used the likeness and name of Brian Druker, M.D.; Druker says, “I spent an entire career based on honesty, integrity, bringing new treatments to patients that are going to improve their outcomes. For somebody to be able to usurp that and undermine the trust that people have in me is really disturbing.”