While describing how the OHSU Primary Care Clinic in Scappoose is providing COVID-19 vaccines for those 5 and older, Matthew Chan, M.D., says many children are eager to get vaccinated: “They’re happy because they know that if they can get their shot, they can go back to school be around their friends and feel safe."

The OHSU School of Nursing typically provides more clinical experiences than other nursing programs to help students become more successful in the modern health care workforce.

Craigan Usher, M.D., joins a panel discussion about how youth are coping with pandemic-related anxiety and stress.

One in five U.S. health care workers have left the profession in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. OHSU's Esther Choo, M.D., says leaders must reshape medicine for the rising number of students now entering medical and nursing schools. She says, “That workforce is apparently seeing the best of us, and maybe their vision and energy is what we need to make us whole again.”

Research led by Sarah M. Wonn, M.D., found neuroendocrine tumor patients preparing for a surgery can discontinue prophylactic octreotide because it didn’t result in elevate carcinoid crisis.

In a story about organ donation for transplantation and donating one’s body for science, Tamara Ostervoss describes how the OHSU Body Donation Program treats its donors with the upmost of respect: “These are individuals that are providing a very selfless gift, and it’s our responsibility to honor and be there for them with the same dignity.”

The American Urological Association names Brian Duty, M.D., as the 2022 AUA Gallagher Health Policy Scholar.

A study co-authored by Aaron Caughey, M.D., Ph.D., about the largest study of water births to date, finding an association with better overall outcomes than non-water births.

OHSU heart transplant patient Vanessa Trotter recalls waking up after her successful transplant in May. She says, “I could tell my heart was different. It felt like my heart was going to beat out of my chest. I swear I could hear it out of my eyes. Ba-boom! Ba-boom! I wondered why it was so loud. The doctors told me I wasn’t used to having a working heart. To fall asleep, I ended up having to count as a distraction.”

Leslie Bienen is quoted in a Kaiser Health News story published in USA Today about inconsistencies across U.S. schools regarding quarantining and tracing COVID-19 cases. She says, “Principals and county health officials have a lot of leeway.”