USA Today covers disparities experienced by people of color in access to early intervention for newborns and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities. Katharine Zuckerman, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, says, “One of the things we consistently see in pediatrics is that children of color get less of everything. They get less antibiotics. They get less early intervention.”

Yachats News covers a “Rural Libraries and Walking Project” currently recruiting participants. Jim Winkle, M.P.H., says, “Everyone knows that exercise is good, and that walking is something most people can do. What we don’t know is this: Can using libraries in small towns be the key to implementing weekly walking groups? The NIH wants evidence to see if these programs work.” The study includes Yachats on the central Oregon coast, along with other rural communities around Oregon.

In a Columbian story about coffee and caffeine use disorder, Suzanne Mitchell, Ph.D., says, “Having a desire for caffeine and wanting to avoid withdrawal are not big societal problems, like other use disorders.”

The Ronald McDonald House at OHSU is hosting a cook-off to fund its efforts to provide children and their families a place to stay during hospital treatments.

The Ronald McDonald House at OHSU is hosting a cook-off to fund its efforts to provide children and their families a place to stay during hospital treatments.

In a Kaiser Health News story about insurance obstacles for birth control, Willi Horner-Johnson, Ph.D., says women have described being treated like children or having to go to multiple doctors to find someone with whom they felt comfortable when seeking contraception. The story was picked up by news outlets across the country.

A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research from OHSU presented this week at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., says, “Gene repair has great potential, but these new results show that we have a lot of work to do”

A commonly used scientific method to analyze a tiny amount of DNA in early human embryos fails to accurately reflect gene edits, according to new research from OHSU presented this week at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., says, “Gene repair has great potential, but these new results show that we have a lot of work to do.”

BioPharma Dive covers a debate over the safety and effectiveness of a medication to prevent preterm labor; Aaron Caughey, M.D., Ph.D., says, “I would offer it and discuss with patients the evidence that we have, which is imperfect at the current time, and allow it to be what we call a ‘shared medical decision-making opportunity’ between the patient and the provider.”

Ahmad Masri, M.D., reports results from a Phase 2 trial that found the medication aficamten improves symptoms for patients with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.