Lorne Walker, M.D., Ph.D., shares what parents should know about infection rates, vaccination and more, noting that people shouldn't delay getting vaccinated: “The best vaccine is the vaccine that goes into somebody’s arm.”

Eric Roeland, M.D., is featured in a National Cancer Institute article on cachexia, a wasting syndrome that leads to loss of skeletal muscle and fat in patients with cancer: “Most patients are completely unfamiliar with the term and what [cachexia] is. And too often, oncologists erroneously view cachexia as an end-stage complication of uncontrolled cancer.”

In a Bloomberg brief on "What COVID can teach us about women's bodies," Alison Edelman, M.D. -- who co-authored a recent study that found COVID-19 vaccines were associated with a small change in menstrual cycle length -- says the changes appear to be temporary, and there’s no evidence to support rumors that vaccines can impact fertility.

The latest forecast from Peter Graven, Ph.D., finds Oregon's COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates have both been trending steadily downward for weeks, and that trajectory will continue for at least another month — but a new wave, fueled by waning immunity, is expected to set in after that.

Avital O'Glaser publishes opinion piece in Medscape asserting the CDC's latest guidance regarding vaccination status, testing, isolation and quarantine after exposure ignore the ongoing reality of the crisis.

Charles Roberts, Ph.D., describes a new nonhuman primate study that will look for the molecular clues that increase the chances that someone who survives an initial COVID-19 infection will later develop diabetes and obesity.

A profile on the benefits and challenges of testing patients for a genetic condition prior to starting chemotherapy treatment includes mention of a recently settled patient lawsuit against OHSU.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici meets with Oregon students and university administrators to discuss privacy concerns post-Dobbs; Michael Walsh says OHSU has students in medical disciplines who are taking rotations across the country — including in states that have criminalized abortion services or are now moving to do so.

A rapid review of more than 44,000 women, led by Amy Cantor, M.D., finds participants were equally satisfied or more satisfied with the quality of maternal care received during online appointments than were mothers who had in-person visits.

In a story discussing gene therapies in development for macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and other vision-related conditions, Andreas Lauer, M.D., says: “Gene therapy has been revolutionary in the ophthalmology field. This is truly an important moment in humankind that we are able to deliver gene therapy in a living human and have that person express a protein that’s important for vision that they have never been able to do int heir life and, as a result, preserve their vision."