Time to raise awareness about essential tremor, a debilitating disorder that’s too often ignored
Millions quietly suffer with the condition’s single maddening symptom: involuntary, rhythmic shaking.
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Affirming health care is life-saving for transgender youth
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Standing in solidarity: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021
November 17, 2021
‘Join us on Nov. 20 in witnessing and in celebration of our lost family.’
Informed consent, high ethics needed for respectful whole-body donation
November 11, 2021
Donating one’s body to science is a personal and selfless act that is critical to the education and training of health care professionals in Oregon and beyond.
OHSU COVID-19 vaccine policy implementation, operations update
October 20, 2021
To help ensure our hospitals and clinics remain as safe as possible for the long term, OHSU requires all members – employees and learners institution-wide – be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive an approved medical or religious exception. The deadline was set for Oct. 18, 2021.
OHSU condemns Texas law Senate Bill 8 and calls for equitable health care access
September 20, 2021
Ensuring access to abortion is essential if we are to preserve the lives and well-being of all individuals.
OHSU statement on the 2021 Portland Marathon
September 01, 2021
OHSU has made the difficult decision to postpone our sponsorship of the 2021 Portland Marathon.
Take action now to keep our kids safe and healthy
August 25, 2021
"We have a common responsibility to protect each other, especially children - be they our own, or our neighbors’."
OHSU statement on Aug. 10 COVID-19 forecast
August 10, 2021
The latest data on the delta variant of COVID-19 and its predicted impact on Oregon is dire. By Labor Day, OHSU predicts that the state will be short 400-500 needed staffed hospital beds.
OHSU COVID-19 vaccination requirement update
August 04, 2021
Update regarding COVID-19 vaccination policy for OHSU badge holders
OHSU statement on breach of contract allegations
July 12, 2021
*** OHSU President Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, shared this message with the OHSU community Monday, July 12, 2021 ***
Settlement reached in sexual assault lawsuit
April 27, 2021
A joint statement between OHSU, the attorneys representing the plaintiff, and the plaintiff.
Helping kids (and adults) cope with traumatic events
January 12, 2021
OHSU Doernbecher child psychiatrist offers tips for coping, resilience amid unrest, uncertainty.
OHSU COVID-19 vaccine policy implementation, operations update
October 20, 2021
To help ensure our hospitals and clinics remain as safe as possible for the long term, OHSU requires all members – employees and learners institution-wide – be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive an approved medical or religious exception. The deadline was set for Oct. 18, 2021.
Dangerous, bad and weak: Stigma and the care of patients with addictions
May 09, 2018
The stigma of drug addiction can result in harmful discrimination in health care settings.
Environmental justice is integral to our future
January 13, 2021
Unpacking environmental racism as a framework for change.
Health Disparities and COVID-19: A crisis within a crisis
April 10, 2020
Prominent American medical school deans and health care leaders speak as a single voice for those who have no voice in a global medical crisis.
OHSU statement on Aug. 10 COVID-19 forecast
August 10, 2021
The latest data on the delta variant of COVID-19 and its predicted impact on Oregon is dire. By Labor Day, OHSU predicts that the state will be short 400-500 needed staffed hospital beds.
Magnetic toys are harming our kids again
August 16, 2019
There’s nothing polarizing about it; the products should be removed from homes, store shelves for good.
Accountability during our anti-racism journey
September 11, 2020
‘Transforming OHSU into a truly anti-racist and multi-cultural institution is a journey.’
Honoring diversity when patients act on racist beliefs
August 19, 2017
An OHSU emergency physician shares her personal story about the intersection of race and medicine.