The Siuslaw News profiles a coastal resident who will need a kidney and pancreas transplant at OHSU.

Flavio Rocha, M.D., discusses the role of transplant in early-stage biliary tract cancer in a video interview.

The University of Oregon will auction off 20 special-edition breast cancer awareness football helmets to benefit breast cancer research at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute.

State of Reform reports on AFSCME Local 328 voting to ratify a labor contract with OHSU.

Eliza Hayes Bakken, M.D., says vaccination is an important tool to prevent COVID-19. She says, “While children are proportionately less affected, they’re not unaffected (by COVID). There are deaths and long-term complications in children that make us concerned.”

The rate of infections will increase statewide through the beginning of December, according to the latest OHSU forecast.

In a story about Project Hope in Clackamas County, Todd Korthuis, M.D., says opioid use has reached crisis levels in Oregon: “We just haven’t seen anything like fentanyl in the past. It’s going to take all of us working together to respond.”

Katie Drago, M.D., tells KGW Healthier Together that OHSU has seen a sharp increase in ground-level falls over the past five years, and notes that for older adults, these falls can be life-changing or even deadly: “More people aging well. That’s wonderful. That means medicine has worked, but it means more people are living longer with chronic illness, with lots of medications and sometimes falls can be the canary in the coal mine."

Robert Orfaly, M.D., writes about workplace safety in light of national instances of gun violence.

As wildfire smoke caused unhealthy air quality, Shyam Joshi, M.D., gives advice on symptoms to look for and how to manage irritants: "When you come inside, wash your face, wash your hands, change clothing potentially to get any of those irritants and allergens off your body."