If there is a silver lining to the flawed U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is this: The relatively high number of new cases being diagnosed daily — upward of 20,000 — will make it easier to test new vaccines.
Dr. Esther Choo knows how to deal with disasters. As an emergency medicine physician and an associate professor at Oregon Health & Science University, her training and that of her colleagues is organized around doing just that.
On Day Two of the San Francisco Bay Area’s stay-at-home orders in March, Nohemi Jimenez got into her car in San Pablo, California, waved goodbye to her 3-year-old son and drove to her regular Wednesday dialysis appointment.
A longtime employee of Oregon Health & Science University who was planning on retiring this year died last week of COVID-19.
The state of Oregon is open for business again, but not in the way Gov. Kate Brown hoped.
Shortages of critical supplies and equipment have been widely reported in Oregon and around the country during the emergency response to the novel coronavirus.
Johnson & Johnson researchers working on a vaccine against the coronavirus are “just like the heroes in the hospitals” fighting to save patients, J&J CEO Alex Gorsky said on the “Today” show a few weeks ago.
Thirty-one Oregon counties in mostly rural areas will move into the first phase of reopening after the state shut down in March to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The Oregon State Hospital can take longer to admit patients with mental illness, at least temporarily, after a federal court ruling Tuesday.
COVID-19 has exposed a major gap in our nation’s ability to respond to pandemic disease: How do we protect public health and safety without destroying our economy or eroding our right to life, liberty, and property?
