Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and more than 50 Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House on Wednesday to reintroduce lifesaving legislation to manufacture and distribute highly protective N95 masks to every person in Oregon and nationwide.
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As the rise of the Omicron variant continues to threaten the safety of our nation’s health care workforce, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined colleagues in a letter Wednesday calling on the Biden administration to continue and make permanent the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency COVID-19 protections for health care workers in Oregon and nationwide.
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With the surge of COVID-19 cases, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has ordered an increase of National Guard service members for their second hospital relief mission, with up to 1,200 citizen-soldiers and airmen mobilized Wednesday, more than 40 of whom will be working at three Central Oregon hospitals.
Continue ReadingCNN, WRAL, KTUL By Andrea Kane and Nadia Kounang, CNN The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing Covid-19 cases to spike, with an average of more than 747,000 new cases a day, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University. That’s almost three times the average daily cases from a year ago, when
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The Oregon Health Authority said Wednesday it is moving to an opt-in model for investigating COVID-19 cases, launching a new website and hotline as a way for people who test positive for the virus to report results from an at-home test kit or testing provider.
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With the growth of the highly contagious Omicron variant and the demand for Covid-19 tests rising throughout Oregon, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum reminded Oregonians Wednesday to watch for testing sites that seem suspicious, or vendors that are selling at-home tests for sky-high prices.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Rokus and Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio is drawing condemnation from his House colleagues for his comparison of Washington, DC’s vaccine and Covid-19 protocols to Nazi Germany. Responding to a tweet from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser reminding residents that proof of vaccination will be required to enter many business
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There are 35 newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, two from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,814, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not changed its guidance on mask usage, but the Biden administration is “strongly considering” making higher quality masks, like N95 and KN95 masks, more available to Americans. The consideration comes as some experts warn Americans should be wearing those types of masks
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a hearing
Continue ReadingBy Paula Newton, CNN The Canadian province of Quebec announced Tuesday that residents who have refused a Covid-19 vaccine will soon have to pay a fine. The fines will be a way for the unvaccinated to contribute to an overburdened public health care system, authorities said. “Right now, these people, they put a very important
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Rising COVID-19 case counts in Warm Springs have prompted a number of actions to curb the spread, from a week-long closure of the tribal government offices and Warm Springs K8 Academy to closure of the Indian Head Casino.
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A bus driver shortage caused by a surge of the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron variant is forcing the Vancouver, Washington school district to switch to remote instruction in its middle and high schools for three weeks. Three groups of schools will take turns doing online instruction for one week each in
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Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research with a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells.
Continue ReadingCNN, WLS, WCBS By Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN The number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 across the US is the highest it’s ever been, pushing officials to enact emergency procedures amid an ongoing case surge fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant. More than 151,000 Americans were in the hospital with
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Brad Parks and Holly Yan, CNN Chicago teachers will be back in school Tuesday and students are scheduled to return to in-person learning on Wednesday after the Chicago Teachers Union house of delegates voted to end the teachers’ work action over Covid-19 mitigation measures, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at a Monday night
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As the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly, some Central Oregon COVID-19 testing clinics are experiencing longer wait times.
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Deschutes Brewery says 30% of its downtown Bend brew pub staff have either tested positive for Covid-19, or have symptoms.
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The crowds for basketball games and all other extracurricular activities are going to look a little smaller for Bend-La Pine Schools, at least for now.
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