Erin Ross

A COVID-19 VACCINE IS ADMINISTERED AT THE DESCHUTES COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN BEND, JANUARY 2021./BRADLEY W. PARKS/OPB

Lessons From Oregon’s July COVID-19 Breakthrough Report

Few breakthrough cases led to death, and the unvaccinated are six times more likely to catch COVID-19.

Aug 9, 2021

State health officials are racing to win federal approval of Oregon Health Plan changes before Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, shown at the Oregon Convention Center vaccination site, leaves office. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Gov. Brown Defends Plan To Lift Mask Mandate

Although masks do provide some protection to the wearer, they are much better at preventing someone from spreading disease than they are at preventing someone from contracting it.

Jun 14, 2021

Oregon Health & Science University offers drive-through COVID-19 testing at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland./Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB

Why You Can't Test Your Way To A COVID-Safe Thanksgiving

Testing centers are facing an overload of demand, and even if people get a negative test, that doesn't mean they won't carry the virus home to their families.

Nov 23, 2020

Oregon Health & Science University staff collect samples of 600 people a day at two mobile testing sites in the Portland area. | OHSU

State Sets Record Number Of COVID-19 Cases

More than 450 new cases of COVID-19 were seen in Oregon on Friday, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.

Sep 26, 2020

A Portland bar./Lynne Terry/The Lund Report

Is Indoor Dining Safe? Oregon Doesn't Have The Data

Unlike those in other states and countries besieged by the coronavirus pandemic, Oregon’s indoor eating and drinking establishments don’t appear to be risky places to catch COVID-19.

Aug 10, 2020