Nick Budnick and Mike Francis

Data from more than a dozen trauma centers suggests a different approach to maintaining patients’ post-injury blood pressure may pose less risk of harm

The Tillamook dentist, who faced an uprising in his own party over some of his votes, is now a Democrat. He says the change won’t alter his focus on the health of Oregon’s health care system.

The Nike founders’ donation, billed as the largest-ever single gift to any institution, came after months of discussion with the rock star researcher. Now, after criticizing OHSU’s administration in November, he is back in the fold as the first president of a newly independent cancer-fighting enterprise formed by the public university and teaching hospital.

It's unclear when the board will make a decision after a second finalist dropped out Wednesday. Elnahal on Thursday said his selection would be “the professional honor of my life.”