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OHSU-PSU School of Public Health gets new home
March 21, 2017
In Fall 2019, OHSU, PSU, PCC and the City of Portland will break ground on a proposed nine-story education and health center on the Portland State University campus.
Keeping the roads to OHSU open is a year-round endeavor
March 16, 2017
OHSU's new Road Crew, a 15-person snow removal team organized in January 2016, helped keep Marquam Hill accessible throughout this winter's worst storms.
Care received at end of life varies drastically by state
March 15, 2017
Oregonians with serious illness or frailty are more likely to have their end-of-life care wishes honored, less likely to be hospitalized, and more likely to use home hospice services than the rest of the country.
Public forum to reveal link between zip codes and health
March 14, 2017
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health presents the third in their community lecture series, looking at how where you live can impact how you live.
OHSU Intercultural Psychiatric Program: serving immigrants, refugees for 40 years
March 14, 2017
A unique OHSU psychiatric program supports immigrants and refugees, serving approximately 1,100 people in the Portland area, including 200 survivors of torture from countries including Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Ethiopia, Bosnia and Syria.
The OHSU Knight – Legacy Health Cancer Collaborative program expands to Clark County
March 02, 2017
The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and Legacy Health have signed business agreements with The Vancouver Clinic, or TVC, to expand their network of integrated adult cancer care clinics to southwest Washington. The agreement is the latest addition to the OHSU Knight-Legacy Health Cancer Collaborative, established in 2013.
Prescribing an end to Oregon’s opioid epidemic
February 24, 2017
Over 100 attendees participated in the second Public Health Portland Style event, where the discussion was centered on opioid addiction in Oregon.
Local experts to discuss ‘Oregon on Opioids,’ Feb. 16
February 15, 2017
More than 52,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2015. Approximately 63 percent of these cases involved prescription or illegal opioids. While this epidemic runs rampant nationwide, its effects continue to be felt here at home. In Oregon, 422,000 residents filled 963,000 opioid prescriptions in just the third quarter of 2016 alone.
MEDIA ALERT: OHSU Doernbecher to care for Iranian infant Fatemeh Reshad
February 04, 2017
A press conference will be held to provide information about Fatemeh Reshad, an infant from Iran with a life-threatening heart condition, who will be treated at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon.
Saving baby Fatemeh
February 04, 2017
Four-month-old Fatemeh Reshad made headlines around the world this week after her family was denied access to United States, preventing her from receiving a heart procedure that would save her life. The child was recently granted an exemption and has now been cleared to come to OHSU for surgery.