OSU-Cascades counseling clinic finds success with virtual appointments
More than 250 area community members and others beyond Central Oregon have been served over the past year by telehealth services offered by Oregon…
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Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine shows 93% efficacy through 6 months, as company expects to finish application for approval this month
By Naomi Thomas and Jason Hanna, CNN Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine showed 93% efficacy against symptomatic disease through six months, and the…
Continue ReadingCDC warns people to not eat raw cake batter after E. coli outbreak sickens 16
By David Williams, CNN US health officials are warning people not to eat raw cake batter as they investigate a multistate outbreak of E. coli linked…
Continue ReadingSome states banning mask mandates in schools also have fewest teens vaccinated
By Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN As kids head back to school this month, vaccination rates among adolescents tend to be lower in…
Continue ReadingSome states banning mask mandates in schools also have fewest teens vaccinated
CNN, KTVT, THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, YOUTUBE By Jacqueline Howard and Deidre McPhillips, CNN As kids head back to school this month, vaccination rates…
Continue Reading5 ways to support tweens’ and teens’ developing brains
By Christine Koh, CNN Do you feel frustrated by adolescent self-centeredness, boundary pushing and questionable decision-making that seem to come out…
Continue ReadingPeople spend half of their lives not focused on the present, research says. Here’s how to change it
By Rachel Trent, CNN “A wandering mind is an unhappy mind.” That’s what Harvard researchers Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T.…
Continue ReadingFully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, CDC chief says
By Madeline Holcombe and Christina Maxouris, CNN Fully vaccinated people who get a Covid-19 breakthrough infection can transmit the virus, US Centers…
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‘You’ve just got to fight through the conditions’: Bend Elks try to play through wildfire smoke
Fighting through the conditions is exactly what the Bend Elks Baseball team did Tuesday night against the Walla Walla Sweets — until it just…
Continue ReadingUS planning to expand coronavirus testing, Fauci says
By Virginia Langmaid, CNN Coronavirus testing in the United States is down from where is has been at previous points in the pandemic. However, health…
Continue ReadingCoronavirus Outbreak Timeline Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some information about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, declared a pandemic by the World Health…
Continue ReadingAs debate around school mask mandates heats up, local health officials fear for their safety
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Local health officials in the United States are worried about another rise in anti-mask protests — and their safety.…
Continue ReadingAs debate around school mask mandates heats up, local health officials fear for their safety
At board meetings in Barrington and Rockton, IL, some kids pled for a revision of mask protocols, asking schools to give them a choice as to whether…
Continue ReadingAs debate around school mask mandates heats up, local health officials fear for their safety
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Local health officials in the United States are worried about another rise in anti-mask protests — and their…
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DEQ issues air quality advisory for Central Oregon, other areas due to wildfire smoke
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory Wednesday for Southern, Central and Northeastern Oregon due to smoke…
Continue ReadingFDA does not recommend ‘taking things into your own hands’ regarding Covid-19 vaccine boosters, says top agency official
By Sarah Braner and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug…
Continue ReadingFDA does not recommend ‘taking things into your own hands’ regarding Covid-19 vaccine boosters, says top agency official
New data from Pfizer shows a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine can “strongly” boost protection against the Delta variant, but the US Surgeon General…
Continue ReadingDr. Sanjay Gupta: Think you don’t want to get vaccinated? Think again
By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent I still remember the feeling I had on December 13, 2020 — the date the first vaccines…
Continue ReadingFlorida Covid-19 hospitalizations up 13% from previous peak in July 2020
CNN By Gregory Lemos, CNN Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are up 13% from Florida’s previous peak on July 23, 2020, according to the…
Continue ReadingFlorida Covid-19 hospitalizations up 13% from previous peak in July 2020
By Gregory Lemos, CNN Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are up 13% from Florida’s previous peak on July 23, 2020, according to the Florida…
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