Multnomah County and the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health launch a first-of-its-kind health collaboration to strengthen ties between public health and academia.

In an article in Time on the trend of walking after a meal to aid digestion and relieve GI symptoms like gas and bloating, David D. Clarke, M.D., says: “Walking promotes muscle contractions in the stomach and intestines that can lead to belching and farting.”

Marguerita Lightfoot, Ph.D., discusses federal research funding cuts and their impacts on Oregon academics.

In an Everyday Health article about psoriasis around the eyes, Jordan Praytor, P.A.-C., CAQ, says: “When we think of rashes on the eyelids, allergic contact dermatitis is more common, so it certainly could be misdiagnosed.”

A Newsweek story on the birth control pill being classified as carcinogenic includes a comment by Abigail Liberty, M.D., who says, “It is incredibly important that providers discuss risks of all medications with their patients, but without fearmongering and with the utmost respect for the patient's perception of risk.”

The Oregonian/Oregonlive notes an omnibus spending bill prohibits the use of state money to fund the Oregon National Primate Research Center, which is funded by a federal grant from the National Institutes of Health.

A Lund Report recap of the 2025 legislative session mentions OHSU received $1.5 million for its perinatal initiative.

Lawrence Furnstahl is named among the 2025 top hospital and health system chief financial officers to know.

Kathryn Marxen-Simonson is interviewed in a Medscape story about a nationwide decrease in the proportion of kids receiving vision screenings, raising the risk for a variety of mental health, learning and physical health disorders. She says, “It’s important that families and parents understand that kids who experience vision loss, with the right supports, can go on to be very successful and capable individuals. And I think that parents benefit from getting support as well.”

Eric Fombonne, M.D., responds to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans to open a research project into the link between vaccines and autism and the discredited Lancet paper, published in 1988, which erroneously linked autism to the MMR vaccine given to children: “There is nothing to debate any more, it has been settled by science.”