Coronavirus (Covid-19

OHSU: 22; Hillsboro Medical Center: 11; OHSU Hospital and OHSU Health Hillsboro Medical Center hospitalization details: 13 Not Fully Vaccinated/Unvaccinated ...

[An earlier laboratory study](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/04/20/study-confirms-virus-variants-reduce-protection-against-covid-19)highlighted the importance of stopping the spread of virus variants through vaccination. [appointed Louis Picker, M.D.](https://www.ohsu.edu/people/louis-jeffrey-picker-md), as one of two Oregon scientists to independently review the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines that receive emergency use authorization from the U.S. And another laboratory study shows [telltale signals of immunity](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/06/10/ohsu-research-is-latest-to-characterize-potential-end-of-covid-19-pandemic)against new variants in the blood of people 11 months after infection. [nationwide collaboration](https://news.ohsu.edu/2020/05/26/gathering-big-data-to-accelerate-the-covid-19-fight)of clinicians, informaticians and other biomedical researchers who aim to turn data from hundreds of thousands of medical records from coronavirus patients into effective treatments and predictive analytical tools that could help lessen or end the pandemic. [breakthrough infections following vaccination generate "super immunity"](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/12/16/breakthrough-infections-generate-super-immunity-to-covid-19-study-suggests)to COVID-19. [which will become biweekly as the wave of infections generated by the omicron variant recedes](https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/03/11/march-10-forecast-continues-to-show-virus-receding-in-oregon). [testing lab](https://news.ohsu.edu/2020/04/03/ohsu-launches-in-house-covid-19-testing-lab)on March 24, 2020. One example is a grant-funded program that paid local restaurants to supply [hot meals for high-impact frontline health care workers](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/01/12/high-risk-health-care-workers-at-ohsu-receive-meals-from-portland-restaurants)following the holidays. [OHSU has offered childcare accommodations](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/05/10/all-of-us-parents-were-struggling-to-make-it), including a $7.5 million hardship stipend, to help sustain its workforce during the pandemic. [OHSU manages an unprecedented surge of critically ill patients](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/08/23/this-is-a-preventable-illness)from the delta variant beginning in the summer of 2021. [vaccination clinics for younger children](https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/06/21/covid-19-vaccine-now-available-for-children-younger-than-5) at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. [committed its entire organization](https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/01/27/ohsu-steps-up-to-vaccinate-oregon) to deploying COVID-19 vaccines, starting with difficult-to-reach community members and underserved communities.