The Oregon Health Authority recommends that the Unity Center for Behavioral Health retain its federal certification and funding.

Highlights of OHSU’s Mission Control command center, noting that “since Mission Control debuted, OHSU accepted 554 more transfer patients.”

Ben Hoffman, M.D., discusses school bus safety following a series of motor vehicle accidents at bus stops across the U.S.

Rachel Cook, M.D., will present early results from a phase II trial at the upcoming American Society of Hematology conference in December.

Tracy Severson, R.D., L.D., discusses the health benefits of vegan and other plant-based diets.

Eric Orwoll, M.D., comments about green tea’s therapeutic impact on osteoporosis.

Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., and the Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy are included in a Medium article summarizing “The 7 Craziest Ways CRISPR is Being Used Right Now.”

Comment from David Barnard, Ph.D., J.D., is included in an article about the trend of Death Café’s, a community tactic used to normalize end of life planning processes

A systematic review conducted by Amy Cantor M.D., M.P.H., on behalf of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, determined lack of evidence in assessment of elevated blood lead levels in childhood and during pregnancy.

The announcement of the clinical trial data for stage II-IIIA melanoma, Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., says: “Optimization of adjuvant clinical trial enrollment for melanoma is increasingly important given the adverse effects that are associated with current targeted and immune checkpoint therapies.”