Redmond urgent care clinic to offer free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests
Family Choice Urgent Care in Redmond will offer free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests next Saturday for residents showing symptoms of the…
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‘All hands on deck’: Gov. Brown orders OHA to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations
Gov. Kate Brown late Monday ordered the state health agency to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations, setting a goal of 12,000 doses given a day within two…
Continue ReadingOregon Health Authority reports 1,500th COVID-19 death, 1,421 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,500, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Sisters gym feels pinch of closure as New Year’s fitness goals are set
Tate Metcalf, who owns the Sisters Athletic Club, says the new year is typically peak season for gyms. This year, being closed when most are…
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COVID-19 outbreak hits 30 patients, 6 staff at Vancouver, Wash., hospital
An outbreak of COVID-19 spread to 30 patients and six staff in the past week at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.…
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Oregon reports 2 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,010 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,492, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Oregon reports 13 more COVID-19 deaths, including Jefferson County’s 18th
COVID-19 has claimed 13 more lives in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 18th death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,490, the Oregon Health…
Continue ReadingUpdated CDC guidance: People vaccinated against Covid-19 can go without masks, indoors and outdoors
People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain…
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Indoor dining to return, just in time for Mother’s Day; Bend restaurants adjust to quick change
Indoor dining returns Friday, but Mother’s Day is Sunday and restaurants are doing their best to prepare with short notice risk level…
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Fainting after COVID-19 vaccinations a common occurrence, officials say
More Central Oregonians are getting their vaccines, and more are fainting. But officials say it’s not uncommon, and there’s no cause for concern.…
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Biden says 90% of adults will be vaccine-eligible in three weeks
President Joe Biden announced on Monday that 90% of adults will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine within the next three weeks, as well as have…
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Jefferson County drops from ‘High Risk to ‘Lower Risk’ level in state’s latest updates
Gov. Kate Brown announced updates Tuesday to county risk levels under the state’s public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
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Crook County restaurants upset after missing return to indoor dining by 1 COVID case
On Tuesday, Gov. Kate Brown announced that 10 Oregon counties had moved from the Extreme Risk category to High Risk, allowing them to resume limited…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 6 more COVID-19 related deaths, 733 new cases
There are six new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,455, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Mississippi GOP governor pushes back on vaccine passports: ‘I don’t think it’s a good thing to do in America’
Mississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that he doesn’t support the potential use of so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports in his…
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State now requires insurers to cover COVID-19 vaccinations
The state of Oregon now requires health benefit plans in Oregon to cover costs of vaccination for COVID-19, following an order by state Public Health…
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Struggling C.O. Gymnastics Academy seeking public’s help to stay in business
To say the last 10 months for Central Oregon Gymnastics Academy owner Sharman Watt has been a roller-coaster might be an understatement.…
Continue ReadingOregon reports 4 more COVID-19 related deaths, 393 new cases
There are four new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,023, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Federal judge orders Oregon inmates to be offered COVID-19 vaccines immediately
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Oregon’s state prison inmates should be immediately offered the COVID-19…
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Deschutes County pauses COVID-19 vaccination appointments for seniors
The Oregon Health Authority will not send any first dose COVID-19 vaccines to Deschutes County next week, as some intended shipments are being…
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