CAR T-cell therapy is available at only about 150 transplant centers, creating an accessibility issue for roughly half of Americans.
Aug 25, 2022
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RESEARCH ASSISTANT JACK BUITRAGO SHOWS HOW ORAL RINSE SAMPLES ARE PROCESSED FOR THE HEALTHY OREGON PROJECT AT OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY IN PORTLAND, OREGON ON MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022./BRIAN HAYES/STATESMAN JOURNAL
The Healthy Oregon Project is looking for more people to participate in the free screening, particularly communities of color.
Aug 4, 2022
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JENI RAE PETERS OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA ― PICTURED WITH HER DAUGHTER LISHA JANE FEATHERMAN — WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 2 BREAST CANCER IN 2020. SHE’S HAD HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH HER EMPLOYERS, BUT SHE STILL HAD TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT-OF-POCKET./DAWNEE LEBEAU FOR KHN AND NPR
Monitoring by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality showed elevated levels of chemicals harmful to human health during the wildfires of 2020.
Dec 28, 2021
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THE HELEN R. WALTON CHILDREN’S ENRICHMENT CENTER IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, ELIMINATED OR SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED EXPOSURES TO SIX MAJOR CLASSES OF CHEMICALS WHEN ITS NEW CAMPUS OPENED IN 2019./SADIE OLDEBEKEN/HELEN R. WALTON CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT CENTER
DR. PAUL SPELLMAN OF OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY, SAYS NEW RESEARCH HAS GIVEN DOCTORS A ROAD MAP FOR HOW MANY CANCERS DEVELOP./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB
The high cost of cutting-edge tests and treatments is threatening to keep precision medicine — one of the most celebrated areas in cancer research — out of reach for many patients.