Deborah J. Cohen, Ph.D., publishes an Annals of Family Medicine paper that describes how primary care providers can help their patients prevent cardiovascular disease by addressing high blood pressure and smoking.

OHSU celebrates the 20th anniversary of the FDA's approval of Gleevec, a lifesaving targeted cancer drug developed by Brian Druker, M.D.

All4Oregon and OHSU announce plans to wind down the mass vaccinations sites at the Oregon Convention Center, PDX and Hillsboro Stadium; Renee Edwards, M.D., says: "Now we're doing more in the range of four to six thousand in a day. So it has become clear that the total numbers coming in, as I said, are starting to drop which is a good sign to us that we've done a good job of covering the many Oregonians who've chosen to be vaccinated in this way."

In a story about a Phase 1/2 clinical trial that uses an experimental CRISPR gene editing treatment designed to repair a mutation that causes a rare form of blindness, OHSU trial participant Carlene Knight says to be able to see her 3-year old granddaughter’s face “would be huge."

The Oregonian features the first-person stories of five OHSU employees in the publication’s Healthcare Heroes supplement: Mike McCaffrey, M.B.A.

A study led by Bill Messer, M.D., and Fikadu Tafesse, Ph.D., finds that blood serum drawn from people previously vaccinated or naturally infected show “significantly reduced” defense against two widely circulating variants of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

The Oregonian features the first-person stories of OHSU employees in the publication’s Healthcare Heroes supplement: Andrea Dayot, B.S.N., R.N.

The Oregonian features the first-person stories of OHSU employees in the publication’s Healthcare Heroes supplement: Jess Guerriero, M.A., M.S.W.

The Oregonian features the first-person stories of OHSU employees in the publication’s Healthcare Heroes supplement: Amanda Elegant, M.S.N., R.N.

The All4Oregon mass vaccination site now allows walk-ins, and OHSU’s mass vaccination site at PDX held a pilot event May 8 and 9 that allowed individuals to get vaccinated without an appointment.