Daniel Streblow, Ph.D., is leading research to develop an antiviral treatment for the chronic, debilitating joint pain that 30% to 40% of people experience after becoming infected with the emerging Chikunguyna virus. Streblow says: “We have the potential to develop an antiviral that could be used to treat millions of people during large Chikungunya outbreaks and prevent long-term disease in people who are persistently affected by this debilitating disease."

OHSU ranks no. 1, Doernbecher Children's Hospital ranks No. 4, the Knight Cancer Institute ranks No. 8, and the Casey Eye Institute ranks No. 10 among the Portland Business Journal's “most admired” health care companies in Oregon for 2022.

In a WebMD article that reveals toys recalled for safety reasons can be purchased online, Ben Hoffman, M.D., says: “There is an assumption by the public that if something is being sold, that it’s safe, that somebody has determined that it’s safe, and it’s gone through some process to ensure that. But the fact of the matter is things, anything can be sold, and the regulatory process ends up being more reactive than proactive, and so things get in the market and, you know, end up in people’s homes without any proof that they’re safe for kids. That to me is especially scary and unfortunate.”

Similar situations are playing out all over, including at OHSU.

Erik Tucker, Ph.D., is named a National Academy Inventors Fellow.

Doernbecher, Legacy Health’s Randall Children’s Hospital and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center have implemented crisis standards of care.

On Dec. 7, Carlson also joined an emergency medicine physician from Umatilla County on an episode of OPB’s Think Out Loud.

OHSU issues statement of appreciation in response to Gov. Brown extending a state of emergency as a surge of respiratory illnesses in adults and children strains hospitals; additionally, at a hearing of the House Interim Committee on Health Care, Dana Braner, M.D., says of the surge in RSV cases: “It literally constitutes the greatest threat to children’s health in our state that we have seen in the last 30 years.”

OHSU issues statement of appreciation in response to Gov. Brown extending a state of emergency as a surge of respiratory illnesses in adults and children strains hospitals; additionally, at a hearing of the House Interim Committee on Health Care, Dana Braner, M.D., says of the surge in RSV cases: “It literally constitutes the greatest threat to children’s health in our state that we have seen in the last 30 years.”

OHSU, Legacy, Providence and Kaiser Permanente implement crisis standards of care for adults.