OHSU study published in The New England Journal of Medicine finds no significant benefit of convalescent plasma for outpatients with early symptoms of COVID-19.

The Pink Lemonade Project in Vancouver, Washington, receives a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program to “create and integrate a community standard of care with medical professionals across Oregon.

News outlets around the region continue to report on COVID-19 forecasts authored by Peter Graven, Ph.D.; Graven says: “The fifth wave of the pandemic in Oregon remains much more severe than previous surges."

A Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds COVID-19 patients are returning home with “substantially worse problems” after short hospital stays of just five days or less; C. Terri Hough, M.D., says: “This isn’t patients saying, ‘I can’t run quite as far as I used to’. This is them saying ‘I can’t walk, I can’t cook, I can’t shower’. The effects are devastating. Unfortunately, we saw this even among patients with quite short hospital stays.

KGW and OPB-Radio visit OHSU's Medical Intensive Care Unit and get a firsthand look at the devastating impacts of the delta variant on patients and staff; MICU nurses Erin Boni, R.N., B.S.N.; Julie Kleese, R.N., B.S.N.; Sara "Mo" Mohkami; Kristen Roach, R.N., B.S.N.; Emily Williams, R.N., B.S.N.; and, Jenn Ellingson, R.N., B.S.N., describe their experience.

Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club hosts Dunn's Duffers Golf Tournament, benefiting the Department of Dermatology's War on Melanoma.

Canby, Oregon, woman is only the fifth patient to undergo a total pancreatectomy and islet cell auto-transplant at OHSU.

Peter Graven, Ph.D., says: “The fifth wave of the pandemic in Oregon remains much more severe than previous surges. Every action to flatten the curve will help us avoid overwhelming our hospitals and ensure all Oregonians have access to medical care when they need it.”

A new meta-analysis by Babikir Kheiri, M.D., and colleagues finds when treating atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation is associated with better outcomes, including fewer hospitalizations, than anti-arrhythmic drugs.

OHSU limits hospital and clinic visitors to protect the health and safety of patients and staff.