While discussing how full hospitals are, John Moorhead, M.D., asks the public to stay away from crowds and play it safe during the Labor Day weekend.

Matthew Riddle, M.D., is part of an international group that has defined diabetes remission as having an average blood sugar level of less than 6.5% at least three months after stopping diabetes medication.

A study led by Mohamud Daya, M.D., found convalescent plasma therapy provided no significant benefit for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.

Nearly 50 Oregon National Guard members have been deployed to OHSU during the current COVID-19 surge and will help OHSU healthcare teams by staffing access checkpoints and serving in patient care support service roles.

The Aug. 26 forecast by Peter Graven, Ph.D., increased its prediction for Oregon’s peak of hospitalized COVID-19 patients up to 1,197 on Sept. 6. While explaining how the state’s renewed mask requirements aren’t having as much of an impact as they had before, Graven says: “We’re not seeing the real slowdown that we would have expected if measures had been adhered to really well in terms of masking and avoiding other high risk situations."

While discussing more children being hospitalized with COVID-19, Esther Choo, M.D., says: "There is no question that we're headed into a really tough time for young people."

An editorial calls for the public to do their part to reduce hospital capacity.

Research by Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., and Marcel Curlin, M.D., confirms virus variants reduce vaccine protection against COVID-19 infection.

Zahi Mitri, M.D., provides the latest on breast cancer prevention, treatment and research as part of a three-person panel of nationally acclaimed oncologists.

In a story about how various COVID-19 variants are more transmissible, Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., says: “We know that the virus continues to evolve for its own advantage."