By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The Washington Nationals game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday has been postponed due to a dozen Covid-19 cases within the Nationals organization. Nationals manager Dave Martinez said on a video news conference that four players and eight staff members had positive tests results for the coronavirus. The manager
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Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday Washington state will follow federal guidance and recommend that those who are are vaccinated wear a mask in public indoor settings in areas where there is “substantial or high” rates of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Daniella Diaz and Melanie Zanona, CNN The drama over mask wearing on Capitol Hill is back and in full force. One day after Capitol Attending Physician Dr. Brian Monahan reinstated a mask mandate in the House of Representatives, many House Republicans purposefully defied the rules by appearing on the floor maskless. This
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Google and Facebook on Wednesday became two of the first major Silicon Valley firms to say they will require employees to be vaccinated when they return to the company’s campuses. In an email to staff, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the policy would roll out in the United States in
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN A third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant — beyond the protection afforded by the standard two doses, new data released by Pfizer on Wednesday suggests. The data posted online suggest that levels of antibodies that can target the Delta variant grow fivefold
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In response to a large jump in cases and hospitalizations and new national guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant, the Oregon Health Authority announced late Tuesday it is recommending universal mask use in public indoor settings throughout the state to protect Oregonians from COVID-19.
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St. Charles Bend is now “operating above capacity” as “an emergency hospital” — and as a result, all elective surgeries and procedures that require an overnight stay are being delayed until Wednesday, August 4 at the earliest, a spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon.
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, CNN A group of bipartisan lawmakers is urging President Joe Biden to continue investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic until the intelligence community has a high degree of confidence in its conclusion about where and how it started, even if that effort exceeds the ongoing 90-day review set to end later
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There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,843, and a worrying jump to over 1,000 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday a requirement that all federal employees and contractors be vaccinated against Covid-19, or be required to submit to regular testing and mitigation requirements, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The announcement will come in remarks where Biden
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN To prevent further spread of the Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance on Tuesday to recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors when in areas with “substantial” and “high” transmission of Covid-19, which includes nearly two-thirds of all US counties. “In recent
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The year-plus mask mandate for public indoor spaces in Oregon was lifted by Gov. Kate Brown back in May, but now some areas across the Northwest are returning to indoor-mask recommendations, due to a rise in Delta variant cases — and High Desert residents and businesses are watching.
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Steve Almasy, CNN While people putting their masks back on indoors will help reduce the spread of Covid-19 across the country, getting more Americans vaccinated is still central to ending the pandemic, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said Tuesday. “The bottom line is the masks will help us reduce spread
Continue ReadingCNN’s Amara Walker discusses the debate states and school districts are having over requiring students to wear masks to return to in-person learning and the difficult decisions parents are having to make.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s administration for the first time Monday made vaccines mandatory for certain federal workers, a significant shift toward requiring shots as the country endures another surge in Covid-19 cases. At the same time, administration lawyers have prepared a legal opinion that could pave the way for further federal agencies
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There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,838, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday.
Continue ReadingThe US is now averaging more than 43,000 cases of Covid-19 a day as the Delta variant fuels a 65% jump in cases. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports.
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN As the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe in early 2020, people around the world found themselves confined to their homes and limited to speaking to friends and loved ones via phone or video chat. But rather than helping alleviate isolation, this virtual contact was more likely to result in older people
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Monday released guidance and resources to support people experiencing long-term effects of Covid-19, known as “long Covid,” as the condition shapes up to be a major, long-term public health issue. The announcement comes as President Joe Biden marked the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Continue ReadingBy Nadia Kounang, CNN As the number of Covid-19 cases surges in the United States, more than 50 health and medical groups — including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Public Health Association — issued a joint statement calling for all health care and
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