By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge has temporarily allowed health care workers in New York to apply for religious exemptions to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, according to an order. US District Judge David Hurd made the ruling on Tuesday, granting a preliminary injunction that allows health care workers to apply for religious exemptions
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With only a week go go before Oregon’s vaccination mandate deadline, school districts across the state are dealing with possible resignations by numerous staff members. But more than 100 Crook County Schools
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from enforcing vaccine mandates, the latest escalation in the Republican’s resistance to public health measures during the Covid-19 pandemic. The order states that “no entity in Texas” can enforce vaccination against anyone in the
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN Wisconsin parents are suing two school districts over their Covid-19 mitigation efforts, arguing that the systems failed to protect their children from getting infected. The first lawsuit was filed in federal court last week by Shannon Jensen against the Waukesha School District, the Waukesha Board of Education, a
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There are 20 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, two from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,002, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Scientists still don’t know a lot about a rare and serious Covid-19 complication that impacts children, but what they do know is that when there is a surge of Covid-19 cases in their area, MIS-C cases will typically follow. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has
Continue ReadingCNN By Jamie Gumbrecht and Maggie Fox, CNN Merck said Monday it is seeking US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for its experimental antiviral Covid-19 treatment, molnupiravir. If authorization is granted, the drug, made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, would be the first oral antiviral treatment to fight Covid-19. It comes in capsule
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most of New Zealand’s health care workers and teachers will soon be legally required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A new government mandate compels doctors, pharmacists, community nurses and many other health care workers to be fully vaccinated by December. Teachers and other education
Continue ReadingBy Ben Westcott, CNN Melanie McTighe and her 92-year-old father live in the same city, but they haven’t been able to see each other for almost four months. That changed on Monday as Sydney, Australia’s largest city and the capital of New South Wales, emerges from a strict lockdown imposed in June to contain a
Continue ReadingCNN By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN The big picture for Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations decline. “That’s the good news. And hopefully it’s going to continue to go in that trajectory downward,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN The pandemic is making me think about Halloween costumes and candy earlier than ever. I am also wondering what my busy block will be doing. Will the couple at the end of my street have the player piano going as they hand out treats? Or will they go dark, as they
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High schools are gearing up for Friday night lights once again, but Bend Senior High will not be on the field this week.
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There are 23 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,982, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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There are 59 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including six from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,959, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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A retired Oregon Supreme Court justice has rejected a request by 33 Oregon State Police troopers for a temporary restraining order in their lawsuit seeking to block Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and its associated deadline of Oct. 18, which could be followed by dismissals.
Continue ReadingTwo nurses and a certified nursing assistant at St. Charles Bend who requested religious exemptions for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations spoke out Thursday, saying they’ll be placed on unpaid leave, then fired for refusing to get the shot by the Oct. 18 deadline.
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Bend Park and Rec and the Larkspur Center hosted a drive-thru flu and COVID-19 booster vaccination clinic on Wednesday, and it was a big success – so much so, they ran out of shots.
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The Bend-La Pine School District plans to provide weekly COVID-19 testing to students and staff later this year during the fall semester.
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There are 33 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, two from Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,900, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
Continue Reading A retired Oregon Supreme Court justice heard arguments in a virtual courtroom Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by several Oregon State Police troopers and firefighters, seeking an order blocking Gov. Kate Brown’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, less than two weeks before the Oct. 18 deadline.
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