Latino Community Association attracts a crowd for vaccinations
With live mariachi music and free tacos, the Latino Community Association turned its vaccination clinic in Redmond on Sunday into a festive occasion…
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WHO’s new naming system for coronavirus variants uses Greek alphabet
The World Health Organization said on Monday that it has assigned new “labels” to key coronavirus variants so the public can refer to…
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Recent decline in COVID-19 patients good news for short-staffed St. Charles
Officials at St. Charles Health System are breathing a cautious sigh of relief after going into this typically busy holiday weekend short-staffed and…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 3 more COVID-19 related deaths; 220 new cases are lowest case count since late March
There are three new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,671, while the daily count of 220 new cases is the…
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St. Charles requests county, state help for 24 ICU nurses, but drop in patient counts offers hope
St. Charles Health System filed a request with Deschutes County and state officials for 24 help finding ICU nurses as it struggles to help a surge of…
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Top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee calls Covid-19 origin ‘worst cover-up in human history’
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, a top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claimed Sunday the origins of the coronavirus pandemic are the…
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths; 257 new cases are lowest count since early April
There are two new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,668, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday, along…
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Memorial Day weekend is first maskless holiday in over a year for many Americans as mandates lift
Travel is up, Covid-19 cases are down, and vaccines have been put in many arms. The coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, but Memorial Day weekend…
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Oregon reports 1 more COVID-19 related death, 376 new cases
There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,666, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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C.O. Red Cross in critical need for blood donations
The American Red Cross has seen a recent increase in demand for blood products, as well as a drop in blood and platelet donations. There are blood…
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Oregon veterans, VA staff not eligible for ‘Take Your Shot’ vaccine lottery
Thousands of Oregon veterans and VA staff are not eligible for Oregon’s vaccine lottery, since their federal records are separate from the state…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 5 more COVID-19 related deaths, 433 new cases
There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,665, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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OHA rejects pleas to lift high school basketball mask mandate
The Oregon Health Authority told NewsChannel 21 Friday morning it will likely not be revising the mask mandate for high school basketball players,…
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National Guard asked to help staff Oregon State Hospital
Significant staffing shortages at the Oregon State Hospital prompted health officials to call for the National Guard’s assistance at the…
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Idaho governor repeals lieutenant governor’s mask-mandate ban
Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued an executive order repealing a 24-hour-old mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by…
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Oregon reports 21 more COVID-19 deaths, 2 in C. Oregon; case count tops 200,000
There are 21 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,660, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday. It’s…
Continue Reading Idaho lieutenant governor bans mask mandates
With the governor out of state, Idaho’s lieutenant governor issued an executive order banning mask mandates in schools and public buildings, saying…
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Jefferson County aims to offer more COVID-19 vaccine prizes, to reach goal
Jefferson County, striving to reach a 65% adult vaccination rate so that business restrictions can loosen, hopes to boost the number of prizes county…
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‘We don’t have a place to put you’: St. Charles Bend stressed by COVID-19 patient count
– While Deschutes County entered the ‘Lower Risk’ COVID-19 category on Friday, due to rising vaccination numbers, St. Charles Bend continues to see…
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COCC, Deschutes County partner on free Redmond drive-thru COVID-19 testing events in June
Deschutes County Health Services is partnering with Central Oregon Community College and the Oregon Health Authority to offer free drive-thru…
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