OHSU’s ability to provide CAR-T treatment is highlighted in a Portland Business Journal article about a Eugene oncologist’s desire for Medicare to cover CAR-T in both outpatient and in-patient settings.

An independent engineering report, commissioned by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, concludes that wind conditions and decorative design likely caused a panel to come loose and fall from The Portland Aerial Tram on Dec. 4, 2018. Maintenance was not a factor in the incident.

Roger Chou, M.D., is quoted in a story clarifying 2016 nationwide guidelines for prescribing opioids. “I give talks on this stuff all the time and people will say something about how it’s terrible that the guideline says you have to taper everyone. I’ll ask them, ‘Have you actually read the guidelines?’ And the answer is no,” he says.

Occupy ICE PDX protesters gather near OHSU’s South Waterfront campus on May Day.

In CNN story about a whistleblower complaint over one of the largest drug price increases in U.S. history, Dennis Bourdette, M.D., says, “Medicare has been spending billions of dollars for Acthar for questionable indications.”

Michael Chiang, M.D., is quoted as saying “most EHRs require the physician to direct attention toward a desktop computer—which may detract from patient-doctor communication” in a story about how electronic health record use could be improved in ophthalmology.

Kevin Wright, Ph.D., is quoted in a story in which scientists weigh in on a debate over the relative merits of different senses.

Story covers scientific developments in cloning, including cloning technology developed by Shoukhrat Mitalipov, Ph.D., to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial disease from mother to child.

Brazilian police take parrot into custody after the bird allegedly warned its owners of a potential drug raid. Story pulls quote from Claudio Mello, M.D., Ph.D., regarding previous research about intelligence of parrots.

Charles Blanke, M.D., discusses House Bill 2217, an update to Oregon’s Death with Dignity law, that was passed by the Oregon House of Representatives.