As health experts warn that highly contagious coronavirus variants could soon worsen the spread in the US, the country is about to require masks on public transportation. The pending order from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes as the country wraps up its deadliest month of the pandemic. The CDC announced an
Continue ReadingIt was one year ago today the World Health Organization declared that the novel coronavirus was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. “At the time, there were fewer than 100 cases of the disease we now call Covid-19 and no deaths outside China,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. “This week, we reached
Continue ReadingAs Covid-19 variants are increasingly found in the United States, experts say Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate would help in the pandemic fight, despite trial reports showing apparently lower efficacy rates than two vaccines already authorized in the US. Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine was shown to be 66% effective in preventing moderate and
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When President Joe Biden intensifies his attention next week to selling Republicans and Democrats on his coronavirus relief bill, he won’t be relying on some of the presidency’s most symbolic powers. Out, for now, are arm-twisting sessions in the Oval Office or rides into a lawmaker’s district aboard Air Force One. Instead, administration aides are
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Researchers with OSU’s TRACES effort hope to test as many as 600 Redmond residents this weekend. They claim these large random tests are more accurate.
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Genetic sequencing of COVID-19 samples done by Oregon State University’s Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing has detected several variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 in samples from around the state, including the highly contagious U.K. strain in one sample from Bend.
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New state COVID-19 guidance for theaters, gyms, concert halls, and museums enacted Friday allow for up to six people indoors at facilities over 500 square feet, excluding indoor dining.
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There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,938, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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A third Covid-19 vaccine, one made by Johnson & Johnson, could be authorized for use in the United States in the near future. Data about the single-shot vaccine released Friday, and the company is now collating its data to apply to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization. The vaccine was made
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, cautioned Thursday that President Joe Biden’s push to reopen most schools within 100 days “may not happen” as the US continues to grapple with high Covid-19 transmission. “The President is taking very seriously the issue … both from the student standpoint and from the teacher standpoint,”
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The Oregon Health Authority now says it will no longer provide details about individual cases of people with COVID-19 who have died. And that has sparked backlash among lawmakers and others.
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President Joe Biden is continuing to chase a bipartisan deal over his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal, but White House officials privately acknowledge the bill will need to be pared down to secure Republican support after GOP lawmakers balked at the price tag. It’s not clear how much the White House will be willing to
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The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 dashboards now includes information such as the percentage of Oregon COVID-19 deaths with various underlying conditions. You can find this information at https://public.tableau.com/profile/oregon.health.authority.covid.19#!/vizhome/OregonCOVID-19CaseDemographicsandDiseaseSeverityStatewide/DiseaseDeathData
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There are six new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,930, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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La Pine Community Health Center, a nonprofit facility, said Wednesday it has received approval from the Oregon Health Authority to be a COVID-19 vaccination site — the first and currently the only organization in the South Deschutes County area to receive such approval.
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Some Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car, injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired.
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About 600 Redmond residents in 30 neighborhoods will be offered testing starting on Friday.
Continue Reading There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,924, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue ReadingJanuary has already become the worst month for US Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. As of Tuesday, there have been more than 79,000 coronavirus fatalities, topping the previous record set in December by more than a thousand, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The grim milestone underpins the growing demand from
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Health officials in the tri-county Portland metro area say “tens of thousands” of front-line health care workers have not received the COVID-19 vaccine and that it will likely take weeks before most do.
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