COVID-19 has claimed 10 more lives in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 21st death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,613, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
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COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,605, along with 1,225 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday.
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In some hospitals, health centers and pharmacies in the United States, there are vials of Covid-19 vaccines that aren’t making it into arms. Out of the more than 22 million doses of vaccine that have been distributed to hospitals and pharmacies so far in the United States, only about 6.7 million people have received their
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The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and state officials are warning of more alarming patterns following the holiday season. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the state was seeing a “real and significant increase in cases and our positivity rate from people’s gatherings around the holiday.”
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COVID-19 has claimed 28 more lives in Oregon, including three Deschutes County residents, raising the state’s death toll to 1,603 and the county’s to 27, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.
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St. Charles Health System has provided 175 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to High Lakes Health Care, and the Bend clinic has already vaccinated more than 100 staff members, officials said Friday.
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The Redmond School District notified parents Friday of the details of plans to reopen schools and resume in-person classes for all grades the week of Feb. 2, though older students will be in class only two days a week.
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden will aim to release nearly every available dose of the coronavirus vaccine when he takes office, a break with the Trump administration’s strategy of holding back half of US vaccine production to ensure second doses are available. Releasing nearly all vaccine doses on hand could quickly ratchet up the availability of coronavirus
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The Oregon National Guard is joining Oregon’s effort to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations, along with numerous steps by the Oregon Health Authority to get more doses into the hands of those who give them, Gov. Kate Brown and other officials said Friday.
Continue Reading rovidence Health & Services has shut down a unit of its Northeast Portland hospital after a COVID-19 outbreak that has led to 49 staffers and patients contracting the virus.
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COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,575, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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Governor Kate Brown will hold a press availability at 11 a.m. Friday to discuss Oregon’s ongoing response to COVID-19. She will be joined by representatives from the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education.
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Oregon’s new COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee met for the first time Thursday to discuss how critical workers and population will be prioritized in the state’s vaccine rollout.
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Parent Ryan Cartmill of Bend said he waited months for Bend-La Pine Schools to release its plans to return students to class.
Continue Reading COVID-19 has claimed 10 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,568, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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Two Oregon men face federal charges for fraudulently converting to their personal use more than $2.2 million in loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said Thursday.
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Two Portland hospitals threw out more than three dozen doses of the COVID-19 vaccine altogether, and state health officials were initially not aware of the wasted shots.
Continue Reading COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, including Crook County’s eighth death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,558, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
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With many weddings and formal events on hold due to the pandemic, the events business is suffering.
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Sisters School District Superintendent Curt Scholl outlined Wednesday the timeline under which all students will be back in class for hybrid in-person and online learning by Feb. 1.
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