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OHSU expands capacity for cancer clinical trials

By Darsen Campbell-Prissel August 25, 2021

New early-phase clinical trial unit in the Center for Health and Healing Building 2 on South Waterfront centralizes care for cancer patients, provides more research opportunities.

Do not use drug designed to treat parasitic worms for COVID-19

By Franny White August 24, 2021

Oregon Poison Center at OHSU experiences substantial increase in calls involving intentional misuse of ivermectin.

“This is a preventable illness”

By Erin Hoover Barnett August 23, 2021

ICU nurses caring for COVID-19 patients struggle to make sense of where we find ourselves.

New clinical trial at OHSU tests donated antibodies

By Erik Robinson August 19, 2021

Nationwide clinical trial finds no significant benefit in using convalescent plasma for early treatment of COVID-19.

Aug. 18, 2021: OHSU restricts visitation in light of COVID-19 surge

August 18, 2021

Vaccination or a non-detect test result will be expected of hospital, outpatient clinic visitors.

Updated projection shows continued surge of COVID-19 in Oregon

August 18, 2021

Oregonians slowly responding to dire projections.

OHSU statement on Aug. 10 COVID-19 forecast

August 10, 2021

The latest data on the delta variant of COVID-19 and its predicted impact on Oregon is dire. By Labor Day, OHSU predicts that the state will be short 400-500 needed staffed hospital beds.

Discovery raises possibility of new medication for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

By Erik Robinson August 09, 2021

OHSU study reveals that synthetic compound regulates gene implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.

Brain surgery education, training ‘radically’ advances in U.S.

By Erik Robinson August 06, 2021

Report describes cohesive nationwide standards, including boot camp initiated at OHSU.

Scientists discover inherited neurodegenerative disease in monkeys

By Erik Robinson August 05, 2021

A newly published discovery at OHSU could lead to the development of new therapies to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and is the latest in a trove of discoveries made possible by a massive genomic database established at OHSU’s Oregon National Primate Research Center.

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