By Sarah Moon and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN More than a quarter of the Los Angeles Police Department’s and Los Angeles Fire Department’s sworn members remain unvaccinated ahead of the city’s Wednesday deadline for municipal workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. According to LAPD data, 33.7% of the department’s sworn officers have not yet been vaccinated.
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A federal judge on Monday denied a last-minute bid by more than three dozen state employees, health care providers and school staff to temporarily stop the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop, CNN Washington State University’s head football coach, Nick Rolovich, and four assistant coaches are losing their jobs because they failed to comply with the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, the university’s athletics department said Monday. “Due to the requirements set forth in Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s Proclamation 21-14.1, Nick Rolovich is no longer
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On Monday’s state vaccination mandate deadline for all health care and public school workers and thousands of state employees, St. Charles Health System reported that about 93.5% of its caregivers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while another 51 have started getting the shots — and 180 have left the organization.
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Passing drivers honked their horns as students chanted “no more mandate!” along 27th Street in front of Mountain View High School during a walkout and rally Monday morning.
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There have been 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon over the weekend, including three in Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,185, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84. “General Colin
Continue ReadingWLS By Omar Jimenez, CNN About 4,500 Chicago police officers didn’t report their vaccination status by October 15 as mandated by the city, officials said Monday. That means roughly 35 percent of the city’s 12,770 officers could be placed on no-pay status in the foreseeable future. The Chicago Police Department had the lowest response rate
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS, WLS, WABC, KTUL, WFOR, KGO By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The rates of Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are improving; an optimistic sign for the future of the pandemic. But with so many Americans still unvaccinated, the numbers could still go back up, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Fox News Sunday. “If we don’t do
Continue ReadingCNN, WCBS, WLS, WABC, KTUL, WFOR, KGO By Ryan Young, Jason Morris and Ray Sanchez, CNN Jessica Desfosses shared the final heartrending text messages she exchanged with her police officer husband in the days before he died from Covid-19. “Commercial just came on tv a casket saying take Covid seriously… 0 consideration for those of
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, CNN Advisers from the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously to recommend emergency authorization of a booster dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, and a day later did so again for a booster of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. The group voted Friday to authorize a booster shot of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine
Continue Reading There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,161, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Get your holiday themed masks and porch heaters ready. Masks and outdoor gatherings will still be the best way to make holiday gatherings safe this year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in new guidance. The CDC’s number one advice is for all those who are eligible
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Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with Medical Teams International to offer a weekly walk-in COVID-19 vaccine pop-up at the Redmond Airport. Clinic hours at the airport are 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Fridays through October.
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After the Mountain View freshman football team played it’s game against Summit Thursday night, coach Mark Schulz gathered his players to share some unfortunate news:
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There are 24 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,141, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Throughout August, the risk of dying from Covid-19 was 11 times higher for unvaccinated adults than for fully vaccinated adults in the United States, according to new data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unvaccinated adults faced a six times higher risk of testing positive for Covid-19
Continue ReadingCNN By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN Foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel to the United States starting on November 8, the White House said Friday. “The US’ new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8,”
Continue ReadingBy Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine at least two months after people get the first dose. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 19-0 to recommend the extra dose for all recipients
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Spooky season might not be fully back to normal, but there are still a number of ways to celebrate Halloween in Central Oregon this year.
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