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New study explores link between insufficient sleep and decreased life expectancy. Here’s why, plus practical advice on how to get the rest you need.

When will the torment stop?

American scientists develop promising new vaccine platform that shows potential against all human-adapted influenza strains and mutating viruses like COVID-19.‌ A universal flu vaccine would be effective against all human-adapted strains of influenza.  ‌

Researchers from OHSU used human blood for the first time to test the absorbency of traditional and non-traditional menstrual products. They found that the advertised capacities of many products to be misleading, and that menstrual cups and discs could hold the most blood. Their data raises important questions about how…

As abortion bans sweep the nation, OB-GYN residents rotate to abortion-supportive states to meet their program requirements

The Opill contains a low dose of progestin at 0.075 milligrams per pill, and has to be taken at the same time every day.

The scientists at Oregon Health & Science University's non-invasive techniques allowed them to look at Christy Staats’ skin and find a tiny spot that was actually a deadly melanoma

Measuring just 0.65 millimetres, the spot was described as ‘almost invisible to the human eye’

A state lawmaker in Oregon is using thousands of pages of redacted documents he sought for more than a year to launch legislation demanding more accountability and oversight of a primate research facility with a long history of complaints