Video: How Extreme Risk Protection Orders Save Lives
OPS
09/05/2019
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are court orders designed to temporarily keep firearms away from people who are at a high risk of hurting themselves or others. Since September is…
Support Changes Everything: National Breastfeeding Month
Amber Ziring, OPS
08/01/2019
August is National Breastfeeding Month, kicking off with World Breastfeeding Week’s theme to Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding. Pediatricians are uniquely poised to empower parents and enable breastfeeding. The American Academy…
OPS Priorities and the 2019 State Legislative Session
Julie Scholz, OPS
07/23/2019
OPS advanced several priority bills and initiatives during the recent 2019 Oregon Legislative Session. Of the 2,768 bills introduced, OPS’s lobbyist Katy King and our Advocacy Committee tracked 23 priority-one…
AAP’s Visit to the Border: What They Saw and What You Can Do
Kyle Yasuda, AAP
07/17/2019
A message from AAP President Kyle Yasuda: I recently visited our southern border with AAP President-Elect Sally Goza, MD, FAAP; Marsha Griffin, MD, FAAP, co-chair of AAP's Immigrant Health Special…