By Artemis Moshtaghian, Holly Yan and Sonia Moghe, CNN New York’s state mask mandate is still in effect — for now. After two days of court hearings, a judge ruled the mandate will stay in place at least until the end of the week, so all sides can respond. On Monday, a judge struck down
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The Oregon Health Authority has awarded $1 million to two University of Oregon health experts to expand their innovative COVID-19 containment program statewide.
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Amir Vera, CNN Gonzaga University has suspended season tickets for one of its most notable alumni and Hall of Fame basketball player John Stockton after he refused to comply with the school’s mask mandates at games, he said in an interview with The Spokesman-Review in Washington. The former Utah Jazz point
Continue ReadingCNN By Steve Contorno, CNN Federal regulators are considering limiting the authorization of certain monoclonal antibody treatments that have not proved effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a source familiar with the decision-making told CNN. The US Food and Drug Administration could decide in the coming days to take steps to curb the
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Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Steven Cook is asking the school board on Tuesday evening to lift some COVID-19 rules that have spread students’ lunch to rooms throughout the buildings and return them in spread-out fashion to cafeterias, relieving some added burdens on staff.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Ryan, CNN The remote island nation of Kiribati went into lockdown for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began two years ago after dozens of passengers on an international flight tested positive for the virus. In a statement posted to its official Facebook account on Tuesday, the Kiribati government confirmed that 36
Continue ReadingCNN, WTOP By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Police in Virginia said a woman has been charged after she claimed at a school board meeting she would show up with loaded guns if her children were required to wear masks at school. In the post on the department’s Facebook page, authorities said Amelia King, 42 of
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN During what has been another devastating surge of Covid-19 across the country, there is good news: Some states are starting to see infection numbers and hospitalizations drop. But it is not the case everywhere. As cases seem to begin plateauing, Covid-19 hospitalizations in the Northeast are down by about 11% after
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Oregon health officials predicted Friday the number of COVID-19 cases will reach its peak within the next week, amid a boom caused by the omicron surge.
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There are 20 newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,936, along with nearly 11,000 new cases, another daily record amid the Omicron surge, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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St. Charles Bend is once again becoming filled with Covid-19-positive patients.
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell, CNN A Texas federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine mandate for federal employees, dealing another blow to President Joe Biden’s campaign to increase the country’s lackluster vaccination rate. Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown called the mandate an overstep of presidential authority and cited the recent Supreme Court
Continue ReadingBy John Bonifield and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Three large new studies from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight the importance of getting a booster shot to provide the best protection against the Omicron coronavirus variant. This is the first real-life data to examine the effect of boosters against Omicron, which now accounts
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Hundreds of Oregon residents are crying government overreach as officials at the state’s health authority consider indefinitely extending the current indoor mask requirement — and that includes a sharply worded letter from four of five Redmond School Board members.
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There are eight newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,916, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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Oregon Association of Hospitals CEO Becky Hultberg said Thursday, “There is a war going on in our hospitals against this virus that isn’t visible to the public.”
Continue Reading The Oregon Health Authority heard plenty of negative views Thursday at a hearing on plans to make an expiring temporary mask mandate “permanent,” meaning of indefinite duration during the pandemic.
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Traci Haley is the co-owner of the Yo Central frozen yogurt shop in Prineville, and she acknowledges “Covid fatigue is real.”
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Prioritizing student, staff and community health, and building upon the successful precedent of last year’s drive-thru ceremony, Central Oregon Community College announced Thursday it will similarly hold its commencement this year as a drive-thru event.
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Pete Muntean, CNN An American Airlines passenger plane bound for London turned around mid-flight due to a mask-related disruption on Wednesday. “American Airlines flight 38 with service from Miami (MIA) to London (LHR) returned to MIA due to a disruptive customer refusing to comply with the federal mask requirement,” American Airlines
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