In a story discussing decreasing mental health resources for children, including 200 residential beds being eliminated and only four programs remaining for youth in Oregon, Ajit Jetmalani, M.D., says: “Everybody else has left the field.”

Coverage of a proposed Oregon ban on flavored tobacco quotes James Bishara, M.D., who discusses the severe health risks of tobacco and addictive nature of flavored products among children and urges Oregonians to support harm-reduction measures.

A study by Dan Hartung, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth Needham Waddell, Ph.D., and others found people recently released from incarceration face a risk of opioid overdose 10 times greater than the general public, and that the risk is significantly higher within the first two weeks of release.

OHSU researchers contributed to research that suggests a link between the virus that causes COVID-19 and inflammation and diseases that affect the brain.

A new documentary by OPB's history television program Oregon Experience explores the life and legacy of Marie Equi, M.D., who was one of Oregon’s first female physicians after graduating from the University of Oregon Medical School, which is now OHSU, and who also advocated for human rights, reproductive rights and free speech.

A first-of-its-kind study led by Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., tests approaches for fall prevention after chemotherapy treatment in postmenopausal women; she says, “We know exercising has an important role across the entire cancer continuum. Our goal was to dig deeper in this promising area for cancer survivors focused on their long-term health after treatment ends.”

OHSU School of Nursing researchers are partnering with 20 rural Oregon libraries -- including those in Scappoose, Nyssa and Dallas -- for an NIH-funded study evaluating whether library-organized community walking groups can improve rural health. Jim Winkle, M.P.H., says the study seeks to find “the key ingredient to sustainably implementing group walking programs in a rural community.”

Eneida Nemecek, M.D., is leading a new effort to increase participation in cancer clinical trials in the Latino communities by incorporating new strategies such as a Spanish-speaking patient navigator. She says: “One of the obstacles that Latino patients face when they enter the medical system is a communication barrier, and we want that [patient navigator] person to be almost a community link.”

At the European Association of Urology conference, researchers discuss progress in exploring the utility of an existing urine test for bladder cancer called UroAmp, which was developed by an OHSU spinout company.

The Miami Herald cites an article co-written by Jennifer H. Huang, M.D., that describes how research has shown most cases of post-vaccination heart inflammation, or myocarditis, have been mild and respond well to treatment, and how the overall myocarditis risk is significantly higher after COVID-19 infection.