Aug 22, 2022
Oregon Health and Science
University scientists have gotten significant new support in their
efforts to turn skin cells, into egg cells, possibly leading to a
new way for people to have children. For this episode, I talked to
Dr. Paula Amato, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, involved
in the research.
Anxiety and depression hurt Oregon’s children especially hard due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers from the Annie E Casey Foundation estimate that 40 percent of Oregon children between the ages of 3 to 17 struggled with mental health challenges: that’s about 342,000 children in Oregon. I talked to Jennifer Wagley, the Executive Director of Our Children Oregon.