Erin Ross
Erin Ross is a writer and researcher for Oregon Public Broadcasting, specializing in science and environmental coverage. Her work also appears on "Oregon Field Guide."
Erin is a science journalist and communicator who designed and gave live presentations for science museums before transitioning to journalism. Since then, her work has appeared in national and regional publications including Axios, NPR, Nature, Science and Scientific American. Erin has been with OPB since 2018.
Erin graduated from the Graduate Program in Science Communication at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Latest Stories
COVID questions: It’s been a long time since we talked about testing
Every other week, OPB breaks down your COVID-19 questions as we figure out how to adjust to a life where COVID-19 never really goes away. This week: the importance of testing for the virus.
What you need to know about Monday’s mega-mandate for vaccinations against COVID-19
Trying to sort out where things stand on Monday when the deadline arrives in Oregon? We've got answers.
COVID-19 makes pregnancy risky, but vaccination rates remain low
The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines, something many pregnant women haven't done yet even though they are more vulnerable and likely to end up hospitalized and gravely ill.
Multnomah County confronts difficulties limiting COVID-19 exposure in schools
Public health officials broke down the gaps between best practices to keep students in classrooms and the reasons schools instead go with large-scale quarantine decisions.
5 Oregonians hospitalized after attempting to treat COVID-19 with roundworm killing drug
Ivermectin is really good at killing tiny animals called roundworms. A single dose makes your body so toxic that it kills the larval roundworms that cause African river blindness for an entire year. People are taking it daily to cure or prevent COVID-19. That's a very bad idea.
Oregon schools are keeping COVID numbers down in part by relying on quarantining
Strategies that test for COVID-19 and quarantine exposed students have helped keep COVID-19 from spreading in classrooms. But they're also keeping thousands of students at home. There are some ways to fix this.
Redefining what a COVID-safe school year looks like with delta and vaccines
School is back in session, but the pandemic isn't over. Vaccines and the delta variant have changed everything.
Oregon’s COVID-19 hospitalizations could be peaking, but it’s a long way down
Oregon’s COVID-19 hospitalizations could peak over the course of next week — and possibly, begin to decline, according to a new model out of Oregon Health and Sciences University. But that will only happen if Oregonians continue to wear masks and take precautions.
The surge of Oregon COVID-19 patients is stretching hospitals’ limits
A state with relatively limited hospital capacity is being overwhelmed with patients.
Why 3rd doses shouldn’t wait for people with compromised immune systems
Despite newly announced plans for booster shots for most adults, immunocompromised people shouldn't wait to find out if they should get a third shot right away, officials say.