The Oregon Health Authority holds a press briefing urging families to get vaccinated after measles was detected in the wastewater of six Oregon counties. Dawn Nolt, M.D., says small decreases in vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable to measles, which can be life-threatening to infants: “For measles, we really are very focused on keeping that herd immunity, that vaccine rate very, very high because it's so incredibly contagious.”

Avel Gordly, Oregon’s first Black female senator, passed away Monday, Feb. 16. Gordly was known for her passion for learning and was instrumental in the creation of the OHSU Avel Gordly Center for Healing, which focuses on psychiatric services while providing Afro-centric culturally responsive and specific services.

Health Central reports on a study showing that TNF inhibitor use during pregnancy is safe for women with rheumatoid arthritis. Julianna Desmarais, M.D., says, “We have medications that are safe to use and should be used on an individualized basis for the best outcomes for the mother and baby.”

Despite national guidelines recommending routine screening for anxiety and intimate partner violence in women and adolescent girls, a new study from OHSU finds these screenings are rarely implemented in primary care settings. Amy Cantor, M.D., says, “We found widespread support but limited uptake. Most clinicians didn’t know these are covered preventive services.”

Contagion Live interviews Eric Hall, Ph.D., on a study he led that shows the cost of delaying universal birth dose for the hepatitis B vaccine. Hall says, “Many people in public health viewed the now previously recommended universal birth dose approach as a way to help ensure we're capturing all and protecting all the infants that need protection against potential risk of infection.”

Avel Gordly, Oregon’s first Black female senator, passed away Monday, Feb. 16. Gordly was known for her passion for learning and was instrumental in the creation of the OHSU Avel Gordly Center for Healing, which focuses on psychiatric services while providing Afro-centric culturally responsive and specific services.

Avel Gordly, Oregon’s first Black female senator, passed away Monday, Feb. 16. Gordly was known for her passion for learning and was instrumental in the creation of the OHSU Avel Gordly Center for Healing, which focuses on psychiatric services while providing Afro-centric culturally responsive and specific services.

Strategic Communications hosts Vista Pavilion media availability/tour with Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., and Brian Druker, M.D., before the April 7 opening. Druker says, “I can't tell you how many times we've had patients who need services here at OHSU, Knight Cancer Institute, who are in hospitals around the state waiting to be transferred and have to wait days to weeks to get here. With the opening of the Vista Pavilion, 128 new beds online, we're going to be able to bring those patients that need that critical care here immediately."

Strategic Communications hosts Vista Pavilion media availability/tour with Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., and Brian Druker, M.D., before the April 7 opening. Druker says, “I can't tell you how many times we've had patients who need services here at OHSU, Knight Cancer Institute, who are in hospitals around the state waiting to be transferred and have to wait days to weeks to get here. With the opening of the Vista Pavilion, 128 new beds online, we're going to be able to bring those patients that need that critical care here immediately."

Strategic Communications hosts Vista Pavilion media availability/tour with Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A., and Brian Druker, M.D., before the April 7 opening. Druker says, “I can't tell you how many times we've had patients who need services here at OHSU, Knight Cancer Institute, who are in hospitals around the state waiting to be transferred and have to wait days to weeks to get here. With the opening of the Vista Pavilion, 128 new beds online, we're going to be able to bring those patients that need that critical care here immediately."