Brian Druker, M.D., and his daughter, Julia, participate in the Boston Marathon to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a key supporter of Gleevec, a lifesaving medication for chronic myeloid leukemia, which Druker helped develop.

In an OPB-Radio story about a proposed bill to curb overdose deaths, the Oregon Poison Center at OHSU says the number of nitrous oxide-related calls has increased from five in 2015 to 42 in 2024.

The Hood River County Health Department says its investigative process for three confirmed cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Hood River County includes pathologists at OHSU.

OHSU is listed among “100 institutions … renowned for their clinical excellence, innovative programs, research leadership, educational impact and commitment to patient satisfaction.”

Gregory Cote, M.D., speaks to potential drivers of high morbidity following ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis) at the American College of Gastroenterology 2025 conference: “Perhaps we have lower thresholds to admit patients after ERCP than before, which could result in a detection bias. If patients have higher baseline comorbidity,” he said, that could be another potential explanation.”

A study led by Alison Edelman, M.D., finds women who received the flu vaccine experienced a small increase in the length of their menstrual cycle – on average, less than a day.

In an interview with Factcheck.org on the same topic, Fombonne says: “It’s not impossible at all, that just these factors added all together might drive the increase entirely, without the need to invoke any other kinds of causal factors or an epidemic due to an environmental toxin. Do we know that for sure? No, but has anyone demonstrated that the rise could not be entirely due to that? No.”

In a Daily Herald (Illinois) article about pollen levels and tips to “keep from sneezing,” Shyam Joshi, M.D., says some remedies for allergy relief that have been circulating on social media or suggested by celebrities — like incorporating local honey into your diet to expose yourself to pollen — have been debunked because the flowers that bees pollinate typically don't contain the airborne pollen that causes allergy symptoms.

A paper authored by Joel Nigg, Ph.D., suggesting that food dyes and behavioral effects might be related is cited in a Popular Science article on what science says about food additives.

“Reach the Beach” bicycle ride fundraiser partners with Columbia Memorial Hospital OHSU Knight Cancer Collaboration to raise money for the American Lung Association.