Timed with World Retinoblastoma Week, KATU-TV profiles Jackson, a 21-month-old patient at OHSU’s Casey Eye Institute and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. He was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at 9 months old. Sue Lindemulder, M.D., says: "Retinoblastoma is very rare, so most families or parents have never heard of this. So having them be aware of the signs to look for and making sure to advocate for their kids with the pediatricians... is really important."

Doctors at OHSU recently set a Guinness World Record for discovering a spot of skin cancer that measured just 0.025 inches.

Coverage of the Guinness World Record announcement at OHSU Knight Cancer.

In an Insider story debunking popular TikTok trends, Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., says: "Online claims that suggest you can avoid sunscreen use if you eat the right foods are false."

A USA Today article on how school shootings affect children's mental health references an OHSU study finding a five-fold increase in suicidal overdoses among children 10 to 12 from 2010 to 2020.

Pendleton Woolen Mills will donate at least $100,000 annually to support efforts by the OHSU Northwest Native American Center of Excellence that encourage Native Americans to pursue careers in health care.

Maureen Baldwin, M.D., and Paula Bednarek, M.D., are interviewed for an in-depth OPB News piece on medication abortion. Baldwin says: “Some people really want to have a visual. In fact, we know that a lot of people come to emergency departments after a medication abortion for reassurance actually that the pregnancy has completed.”

The Daily Wire reports Kara Connelly, M.D., received payment from Endo Pharmaceuticals. OHSU response: "As part of its mission to ensure the health and well-being of all patients, Oregon Health & Science University collaborates with a variety of external entities. External collaboration is done in accordance with OHSU’s strict ethical guidelines as well as federal and state regulations. OHSU pediatrician Kara Connelly, M.D., briefly served as a consultant for Endo Pharmaceuticals in 2018, and has not done so since that time. OHSU proudly offers gender-affirming health care to patients of all ages and the hospital’s medical transition of minors follows established, evidence-based medical standards, and are offered through a thoughtful, multidisciplinary process that involves both patients and their support systems.”

In a follow-up story to the world’s smallest skin cancer, Insider interviews Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., and Joanna Ludzik, M.D. Ph.D., about the risk from tattooing over moles. Witkowski says, “I’d say 80-90% of our patients have tattoos and at least 30% have more than one.”

In an interview with Good Morning America, Alexander Witkowski, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the recent news that he and an OHSU dermatology team discovered the world’s smallest skin cancer. He says: “This was a team effort. But more importantly, this achievement for our group allows us to start a national conversation and get the word out that skin cancer does affect a lot of Americans."