Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday afternoon she will be deploying up to 1,500 Oregon National Guard members to support front-line health care workers at Oregon’s beleaguered hospitals, including St. Charles Health System, struggling to handle a record surge of hospitalizations due to the rapid spread of the delta variant.
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There are seven new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including Crook County’s 27th death, raising the state’s death toll to 2,935, and 733 hospitalizations, a third straight daily record, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
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GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — Health officials say over 160 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed so far in people who attended the Watershed Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington. The Seattle Times reports more than 20,000 people attended the three-day outdoor country music festival in late July at the Gorge in George.
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Jen Christensen, CNN As the coronavirus surges again in the United States, scientists have found another disaster is playing a key role in the number of people who contract severe Covid-19 cases and how many die: wildfires. A new study published in the journal Science Advances found that increases in fine
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U.S. health regulators have authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in people with weakened immune systems to better protect them from the virus.
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COVID-19 cases among Sunriver Owners Association staff have prompted a closure for at least a week of some recreational facilities, including the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic and Recreation Center, or SHARC. A restaurant in The Village at Sunriver shopping area also has closed due to a worker’s COVID-19 case.
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera and Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Francisco became the the first major US city to mandate proof of full vaccinations for certain indoor activities Thursday. City residents age 12 and older will now be required to show proof they have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to enter indoor restaurants, bars, gyms
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There are nine new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,928, along with a record 2,387 new cases and 670 hospitalizations, the third straight daily record, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pac-12 teams that cannot play because of COVID-19 issues will likely be forced to forfeit games this season. The conference announced it is reinstituting its forfeiture policy after it modified its rules last season because of the pandemic. Last season, a game that could not be played because of COVID-19 problems
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Many of us are aware of the human toll the virus has taken on the health of people and communities. But how have workers specifically been impacted?
Continue ReadingBy Travis Caldwell, Keith Allen and Carma Hassan, CNN With the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant and lagging vaccination rates, states such as Texas are seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases that quickly halted a summer of reopenings. And as Texas faces another rise in hospitalizations approaching a peak witnessed during the 2020
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It was a full house in the Redmond High School auditorium Wednesday evening as hundreds of vocal community members attended a Redmond School Board meeting, hours after Gov. Kate Brown announced and defended her new state mask mandate order for all indoor public spaces.
Continue ReadingCNN, WSMV By Mallory Simon, CNN Schools across the country are grappling with growing Covid-19 case numbers, forcing districts to rethink their strategies for masking or having to switch to virtual learning. Some schools in Mississippi, Indiana, and Georgia have already been forced to return to virtual. Some are hoping to return to in-person learning
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Governor Kate Brown ordered another statewide mask mandate in Oregon starting Friday, saying the Delta variant “changed everything.”
Continue Reading There are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, including two Crook County residents, raising the state’s death toll to 2,920, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.
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Local health leaders are looking into a COVID-19 outbreak linked to an outdoor music festival in Eastern Oregon.
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Citing “shocking,” record numbers of Oregon COVID-19 cases fueled by the far more contagious delta variant, Gov. Kate Brown and state health officials used the latest statistics Wednesday to make the case that only more vaccinated Oregonians – and following indoor mask mandates — can ease hospitals’ crisis and avoid a return to more severe rules.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendation for pregnant people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Previously, the public health agency was vague in its recommendation. “If you are pregnant, you can receive a Covid-19 vaccine,” previous guidance read. Now, the CDC is strengthening its guidance,
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah, Cheri Mossburg, Sarah Moon and Ray Sanchez, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that teachers and other school employees must either be vaccinated against Covid-19 or submit to regular testing. California will become the first state in the nation to implement such a requirement. “To give parents confidence that their children
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Hundreds gathered at Bend Senior High School for a tension-filled Bend-La Pine School Board meeting Tuesday evening, as many showed up in opposition to state mask mandates in the schools, while others wore masks in the school’s auditorium.
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